alhóndiga
public grain exchange — a building for buying, selling and storing graincasa pública para la compra, venta y depósito de grano
Comes from Arabic
الفُنْدُق
al-funduq
“inn and warehouse for merchants”«posada y almacén para mercaderes»
Arabic today says
مَخْزَن الحُبُوب
makhzan al-ḥubūb
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
Greek pandocheîon, "that welcomes all", gave Arabic funduq, which today means "hotel". The f became an aspirated h and ended up silent (alfóndiga > alhóndiga).El griego pandocheîon, «que acoge a todos», dio el árabe funduq, que hoy significa «hotel». La f se aspiró y acabó en h muda (alfóndiga > alhóndiga).
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