alfóncigo
pistachio (tree and nut)pistacho (árbol y fruto)
Comes from Arabic
الفُسْتُق
al-fustuq
“the pistachio”«el pistacho»
Arabic today says
فُسْتُق
fustuq
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.
The story
It comes from Persian pistag via Arabic fustuq. The same Persian word, via Greek and Latin, gave pistacho: two roads to the same nut.Viene del persa pistag por el árabe fustuq. La misma palabra persa, por el griego y el latín, dio pistacho: dos caminos al mismo fruto.
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