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

emir

emir, an Arab prince or leaderpríncipe o jefe árabe

Comes from Arabic

أَمِير

amīr

“the one who commands, prince”«el que manda, príncipe»

Arabic today says

أَمِير

amīr

And it still does

Root

ء م ر

ʾ-m-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

From the verb amara, "to command". It is the same word as almirante, but borrowed directly and with its meaning of prince; Córdoba was the seat of an Umayyad emirate from 756.Del verbo amara, «mandar». Es la misma palabra que almirante, pero tomada directamente y con su sentido de príncipe; Córdoba fue sede de un emirato omeya desde 756.

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