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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Power & war · Specialized

albacea

executor of a willpersona encargada de cumplir un testamento

Comes from Arabic

صَاحِب الوَصِيَّة

ṣāḥib al-waṣiyya

“the one in charge of the will”«el encargado del testamento»

Arabic today says

مُنَفِّذ الوَصِيَّة

munaffidh al-waṣiyya

Root

و ص ي

w-ṣ-y

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

Spanish kept only the second half, al-waṣiyya, "the will", and the w became b.El español se quedó solo con la segunda mitad, al-waṣiyya, «el testamento», y la w se hizo b.

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