Mahometus

Latin

Alternative forms

Machomētus, Mahomētēs, Maomētus

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), likely via a variety of Arabic that had the first two vowels metathesized; for example, Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“maḥummad”). The penultimate vowel is presumed long from the inherited stress of the descendant languages.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.(ɦ)ɔˈmeː.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.oˈmɛː.t̪us]

Proper noun

Mahomētus m sg (genitive Mahomētī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mahomētus
genitive	Mahomētī
dative	Mahomētō
accusative	Mahomētum
ablative	Mahomētō
vocative	Mahomēte

Descendants

Middle French: Mahomet
- French: Mahomet
  - → Russian: Магоме́т (Magomét)
  - → Ukrainian: Магоме́т (Mahomét)
→ Middle English: Macomet, Mahomet
- English: Mahomet
→ Polish: Mahomet
Italian: Maometto