almoneda
public auction; a sale of goods at low pricessubasta pública; venta de objetos a bajo precio
Comes from Arabic
المُنَادَاة
al-munādā
“the proclamation, the calling out loud”«el pregón, la llamada en voz alta»
Arabic today says
مَزَاد
mazād
Root
ن د و
n-d-w
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
At an auction the crier "called" (nādā) to the buyers: the name of the call passed to the sale itself.En la subasta, el pregonero «llamaba» (nādā) a los compradores: el nombre del pregón pasó a la venta misma.
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