Etymograph

English

Guadalupe

Guadalupe comes from Spanish Guadalupe, from Arabic وَادِي ٱل ‘valley of the’, and ultimately from وَدَى ‘to whip out for discharge’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوَدَىwadā‘to whip out for discharge’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentوَادِي ٱل‘valley of the’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentGuadalupe
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوَدَىwadā‘to whip out for discharge’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentوَادِي ٱل‘valley of the’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentGuadalupe
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic وَدَى / Guadalupe