English
Salafist
From Salafi + -ist.
Formed from Salafi + -ist
Arabic سَلَف ‘ancestors, forefathers, forebears’
Arabic سَلَفِيّ ‘Salafist, Salafi, having to do with Salafism’
English Salafi
Today it means
noun An adherent of Salafism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Salafist