almojarifazgo
an old duty on goods entering or leaving through the portsantiguo impuesto sobre las mercancías que entraban o salían por los puertos
Comes from Arabic
المُشْرِف
al-mushrif
“the inspector, the overseer”«el inspector, el supervisor»
Arabic today says
رُسُوم جُمْرُكِيَّة
rusūm jumrukiyya
Root
ش ر ف
sh-r-f
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
The almojarife (al-mushrif) was the king's tax collector; add the suffix -azgo and you get his tax. Arabic sh gave x in Old Spanish (almoxarife) and later j.El almojarife (al-mushrif) era el recaudador del rey; con el sufijo -azgo, su impuesto. La sh árabe dio x en castellano antiguo (almoxarife) y luego j.
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