alcaravea
carawayplanta de semillas aromáticas usadas como condimento
Comes from Arabic
الكَرَاوِيَا
al-karāwiyā
“the caraway”«la alcaravea»
Arabic today says
كَرَاوْيَا
karāwyā
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
From Greek káron, via Arabic karāwiyā. The same Arabic word gave English caraway.Del griego káron, a través del árabe karāwiyā. La misma palabra árabe dio el inglés caraway.
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