Editing Mosque (section)

==Etymology==
The word 'mosque' entered the [[English language]] from the [[French language|French]] word ''mosquée'', probably derived from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''moschea'' (a variant of Italian ''moscheta''), from either [[Middle Armenian language|Middle Armenian]] [[wikt:մզկիթ|մզկիթ]] (''mzkit''), [[Medieval Greek|Medieval]] {{langx|el|μασγίδιον}} (''masgídion''), or Spanish ''mezquita'', from {{langx|ar|مسجد|masjid}} (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from [[Nabataean Aramaic|Nabataean]] ''masg<sup>ĕ</sup>dhā́'' or from {{langx|ar|سَجَدَ|[[Sujud|sajada]]}} (meaning "to [[:wikt:prostrate|prostrate]]"), probably ultimately from [[Nabataean Arabic]] ''masg<sup>ĕ</sup>dhā́'' or [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] ''s<sup>ĕ</sup>ghēdh''.<ref>For the word's origin from French and probable origin from Italian ''moscheta'', see "mosque, n.". ''OED Online''. December 2011. Oxford University Press. [http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/122562] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810191209/http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/122562|date=2014-08-10}}. For the derivation of ''moscheta'' from Arabic ''sajada'' see "mesquita, n.". ''OED Online''. December 2011. Oxford University Press. [http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/117089] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810185728/http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/117089|date=2014-08-10}}. For the probable origin of "sajada" from Aramaic, and the meanings of ''sajada'' and ''masjid'' in Arabic, see "masjid, n.". ''OED Online''. December 2011. Oxford University Press. [http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/114605]. For the inclusion of Spanish ''mesquita'', possible derivation from Nabataean ''masg<sup>ĕ</sup>dhā́'', and the Aramaic ''s<sup>ĕ</sup>ghēdh'', see Klein, E., ''A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'' (Elsevier Publishing, 1966), p. 1007.</ref>