English
Mudéjar
Mudéjar comes from Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن ‘domesticated’, and ultimately from دَجَنَ ‘to become accustomed’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentدَجَنَdajana‘to become accustomed’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentدَجَّنَdajjana‘to tame’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُدَجَّنmudajjan‘domesticated’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmudéjar
- Englishearliest quotation 1901Mudéjar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentدَجَنَdajana‘to become accustomed’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentدَجَّنَdajjana‘to tame’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُدَجَّنmudajjan‘domesticated’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmudéjar
- Englishearliest quotation 1901Mudéjar
Earliest quotation: 1901, Henry Charles Lea, The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion: “They came to be known as the Mudéjares- the…”
Every English word from Arabic دَجَنَ
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Moors of al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic دَجَنَ / Mudéjar