English
maslach
Maslach comes from Arabic مَسْلُوق ‘boiled, cooked in boiling water’, and goes back to سَلَقَ ‘to boil’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَلَقَsalaqa‘to boil’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَسْلُوقmaslūq‘boiled, cooked in boiling water’
- Englishtodaymaslach
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَلَقَsalaqa‘to boil’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَسْلُوقmaslūq‘boiled, cooked in boiling water’
- Englishtodaymaslach
The story
Arabic مَسْلُوق (maslūq): compare French masloc.
Every English word from Arabic سَلَقَ
Today it means
noun An excitant containing opium, much used historically by the Turks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic سَلَقَ / maslach