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 methathesized; 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.hoˈmeː.tus/, [mä(ɦ)ɔˈmeːt̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.oˈme.tus/, [mäoˈmɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

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

Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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