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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Power & war · Common

almirante

admiral, the highest-ranking naval officeroficial de mayor grado de la armada

Comes from Arabic

أَمِير

amīr

“chief, commander, prince”«jefe, comandante, príncipe»

Arabic today says

أَمِيرَال

amīrāl

Root

ء م ر

ʾ-m-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Amīr passed into the medieval Latin of Sicily and Byzantium (amiratus) and into Old Spanish almirate. The Arabic origin is certain; the -l- is explained either by analogy with words in al- or by phrases like amīr al-…, "chief of…". Modern Arabic has borrowed it back as amīrāl.Amīr pasó al latín medieval de Sicilia y Bizancio (amiratus) y al castellano antiguo almirate. El origen árabe es seguro; la -l- se explica bien por analogía con las palabras en al-, bien por fórmulas como amīr al-…, «jefe de…». El árabe moderno lo ha recuperado como amīrāl.

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