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)

1. 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