English
Morocco
Morocco may come from Portuguese Marrocos.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMarrocosuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Morocco
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentMarrocosuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Morocco
Earliest quotation: 2018, Chris Fitch, Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco: “Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School…”
The story
The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital.
Every English word from Portuguese Marrocos
Today it means
name A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Marrocos / Morocco