Etymograph

English

Mameluke

Mameluke may come from Late Latin mameluc.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmamelucuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1528Mameluke

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmamelucuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1528Mameluke

Earliest quotation: 1528, Thomas More, William Rastell]: “[…] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã…”

Every English word from Late Latin mameluc

Today it means

noun A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.

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Etymograph / Late Latin mameluc / Mameluke

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