abalorio
a glass bead for necklaces; a cheap trinketcuenta de vidrio agujereada para collares; adorno de poco valor
Comes from Arabic
البَلُّورِيّ
al-ballūrī
“that which is made of crystal”«lo de cristal»
Arabic today says
خَرَز
kharaz
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
From ballūr, "crystal", which Arabic took from Greek bḗryllos (beryl). Spanish brillar ("to shine") comes from the same Greek, via Italian.De ballūr, «cristal», que el árabe tomó del griego bḗryllos (berilo). Del mismo griego viene el español brillar, por el italiano.
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