English
Hashim
Hashim comes from Arabic هَاشِم, and goes back to هَشَمَ ‘to smash, to crush’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentهَشَمَhašama‘to smash, to crush’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentهَاشِمhāšim
- EnglishtodayHashim
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentهَشَمَhašama‘to smash, to crush’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentهَاشِمhāšim
- EnglishtodayHashim
The story
The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).
Every English word from Arabic هَشَمَ
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic هَشَمَ / Hashim