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alhucema

lavenderlavanda, espliego

Comes from Arabic

الخُزَامَى

al-khuzāmā

“the lavender”«la lavanda»

In Andalusi Arabic: الخُزَامَة al-khuzāma

Arabic today says

خُزَامَى

khuzāmā

And it still does

Root

خ ز م

kh-z-m

The article

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

The story

The kh softened to h and Arabic z was written c: al-khuzāma > alhucema. Today it is a rare word next to lavanda or espliego.La kh se suavizó en h y la z árabe se escribió c: al-khuzāma > alhucema. Hoy es una palabra rara frente a lavanda o espliego.