English
Mahomet
Mahomet comes from Latin Machometus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMachometus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Macomet
- Englishearliest quotation 1829Mahomet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMachometus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Macomet
- Englishearliest quotation 1829Mahomet
Earliest quotation: 1829, Charles Mac Farlane, London: Saunders and Otley: “The sultan and all his grandees, confident in the…”
Every English word from Latin Machometus
Today it means
name A male given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Machometus / Mahomet