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

visir

vizier, a minister to a Muslim rulerministro de un soberano musulmán

Comes from Arabic

وَزِير

wazīr

“minister, the one who helps carry the burden of government”«ministro, el que ayuda a llevar la carga del gobierno»

Arabic today says

وَزِير

wazīr

And it still does

Root

و ز ر

w-z-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

It arrived late, through Turkish vezir and French vizir; the same Arabic word had come in centuries earlier as alguacil.Llegó tarde, por el turco vezir y el francés vizir; la misma palabra árabe había entrado siglos antes como alguacil.

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