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

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boom, peak — a time of greatest intensity or growth; formerly a star's apogeemomento de mayor intensidad o desarrollo; antes, el apogeo de un astro

Comes from Arabic

أَوْج

awj

“apogee, the highest point of an orbit”«el apogeo, el punto más alto de una órbita»

Arabic today says

أَوْج

awj

And it still does

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.

The story

An astronomers' term that passed into everyday language: estar en auge ("to be booming") matches Arabic في أوجه.Término de los astrónomos que pasó a la lengua común: «estar en auge» equivale al árabe «في أوجه».

In a sentence

El turismo está en auge.

Tourism is booming.

السِّيَاحَةُ فِي أَوْجِهَا.

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