CertainPower & war · Common

alcurnia

ancestry, lineage, especially nobleascendencia, linaje, sobre todo noble

Comes from Arabic

الكُنْيَة

al-kunya

“a name of filiation (Abū…, Umm…)”«sobrenombre de filiación (Abū…, Umm…)»

Arabic today says

نَسَب

nasab

Root

ك ن ي

k-n-y

The article

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

The story

A kunya is a name like Abū ʿAbd Allāh, "father of…"; bearing an illustrious kunya meant having a lineage. The r was inserted in Spanish for no clear reason.La kunya es un nombre del tipo Abū ʿAbd Allāh, «padre de…»; llevar una kunya ilustre era tener linaje. La r se intercaló en español sin causa clara.

In a sentence

Es de una familia de alta alcurnia.

She comes from a family of high lineage.

هُوَ مِنْ عَائِلَةٍ عَرِيقَةِ النَّسَب.