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Islam
Islam comes from Arabic إِسْلَام ‘submission, surrender’, and goes back to أَسْلَمَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْلَمَʔaslama
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentإِسْلَامʔislām‘submission, surrender’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003Islam
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْلَمَʔaslama
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentإِسْلَامʔislām‘submission, surrender’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003Islam
Earliest quotation: 2003, Jacques Verger, Cambridge University Press: “It is no doubt true that other civilizations, prior…”
first attested First attested in 1610 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1610.
Every English word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ
Today it means
name A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أَسْلَمَ / Islam