English
Guadalquivir
Guadalquivir comes from Spanish Guadalquivir, and goes back to Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير.
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَادِي الكَبِيرliterally ‘the great river’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentGuadalquivir
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَادِي الكَبِيرliterally ‘the great river’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentGuadalquivir
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
Earliest quotation: 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water: “From here, you would dangle your legs over the…”
The story
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Every English word from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير
Today it means
name A river in southern Spain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير / Guadalquivir