Etymograph

English

mammet

Mammet comes from Anglo-Norman maumet, from Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ ‘Maḥummad’, and ultimately from Arabic حَمَّدَ ‘to praise, commend, laud’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَّدَḥammada‘to praise, commend, laud’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُحَمَّدmuḥammad‘commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy’
  3. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600مَحُمَّدْ‘Maḥummad’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400maumet
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mawmet‘idol’
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1521mammet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَمَّدَḥammada‘to praise, commend, laud’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُحَمَّدmuḥammad‘commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy’
  3. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600مَحُمَّدْ‘Maḥummad’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400maumet
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mawmet‘idol’
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1521mammet

Earliest quotation: c. 1521, John Skelton: “Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay…”

Every English word from Arabic حَمَّدَ

Today it means

noun A false god; an idol.

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

Etymograph / Arabic حَمَّدَ / mammet

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