almíbar
syrup (sugar dissolved in water and boiled)azúcar disuelto en agua y cocido al fuego
Comes from Arabic
المَيْبَة
al-mayba
“quince syrup”«jarabe de membrillo»
In Andalusi Arabic: المِيبَة al-mība
Arabic today says
قَطْر
qaṭr
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.
The story
Persian mey-beh was "quince wine"; Arabic maybah, a quince syrup. The final -r is a Romance addition of unclear origin.El persa mey-beh era «vino de membrillo»; el árabe maybah, un jarabe de membrillo. La -r final es un añadido romance cuyo origen no está claro.
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