Etymograph

English

madrasa

Madrasa comes from Arabic مَدْرَسَة ‘school’, from دَرَسَ ‘to learn, to study’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną ‘to associate (with)’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þiudijaną‘to associate (with)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þiudijan‘to associate, to engage with’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050diuten
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentdeuten‘to interpret’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentdeuteln‘to interpret in a petty manner’
  7. Arabicc. 500–presentدَرَسَdarasa‘to learn, to study’
  8. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَدْرَسَةmadrasa‘school’
  9. Englishtodaymadrasa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þiudijaną‘to associate (with)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þiudijan‘to associate, to engage with’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050diuten
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentdeuten‘to interpret’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentdeuteln‘to interpret in a petty manner’
  7. Arabicc. 500–presentدَرَسَdarasa‘to learn, to study’
  8. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَدْرَسَةmadrasa‘school’
  9. Englishtodaymadrasa

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‘to be strong’

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Today it means

noun A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną / madrasa

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