ceca
mint, the place where coins were struckcasa donde se acuñaba moneda
Comes from Arabic
سِكَّة
sikka
“die for striking coins”«troquel para acuñar moneda»
In Andalusi Arabic: سَكَّة sakka
Arabic today says
دَار سَكِّ العُمْلَة
dār sakk al-ʿumla
Root
س ك ك
s-k-k
The article
It came in without the article.
The story
The DLE (the Spanish Academy dictionary) links it to "andar de la Ceca a la Meca", going from pillar to post, though some see another place in that Ceca (the Great Mosque of Córdoba has been suggested). In Arabic sikka is also a rail track: sikkat al-ḥadīd, the railway.El DLE la relaciona con «andar de la Ceca a la Meca», ir de un sitio a otro, aunque hay quien ve en esa Ceca otro lugar (se ha propuesto la mezquita de Córdoba). En árabe sikka es también el carril: sikkat al-ḥadīd, el ferrocarril.
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