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

horro

freed (of a slave who has gained freedom); free, exempt(esclavo) que ha alcanzado la libertad; libre, exento

Comes from Arabic

حُرّ

ḥurr

“free, of free status”«libre, de condición libre»

Arabic today says

حُرّ

ḥurr

And it still does

Root

ح ر ر

ḥ-r-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

The Arabic ḥ gave an aspirated h, silent today. Ḥurriyya, "freedom", comes from the same root.La ḥ árabe dio una h aspirada, hoy muda. Ḥurriyya, «libertad», es de la misma raíz.

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