altramuz
lupin bean (yellow legume eaten pickled in brine)legumbre amarilla que se come en salmuera
Comes from Arabic
التُّرْمُس
at-turmus
“the lupin”«el altramuz»
In Andalusi Arabic: التَّرْمُس at-tarmus
Arabic today says
تُرْمُس
turmus
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
From Greek thérmos. In Egypt and the Levant turmus is sold just as in Spain: in brine, as a street snack.Del griego thérmos. En Egipto y el Levante el turmus se vende igual que en España: en salmuera, como tapa callejera.
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