English
Mussulman
Mussulman comes from Italian musulmano ‘Muslim’, and goes back to Arabic أَسْلَمَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْلَمَ
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُسْلِمmuslim‘Muslim’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentمُسَلْمَانmusalmān
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928مسلمانmüsliman
- Italianc. 1300–presentmusulmano‘Muslim’
- Englishearliest quotation 1626Mussulman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْلَمَ
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُسْلِمmuslim‘Muslim’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentمُسَلْمَانmusalmān
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928مسلمانmüsliman
- Italianc. 1300–presentmusulmano‘Muslim’
- Englishearliest quotation 1626Mussulman
Earliest quotation: 1626, George Emalcin, Abridged: “The firſt Emperor of the Muſlemans was Muhammed Abulcaſim…”
The story
Etymologically not a compound of man, though the plural Mussulmen shows it was sometimes reinterpreted as such.
Every English word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ
Today it means
noun A Muslim.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أَسْلَمَ / Mussulman