English
alcorza
Alcorza comes from Spanish alcorza ‘sugar-heavy mass to manufacture pastry from it’, and goes back to Arabic قُرْص ‘disk’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentقُرْصqurṣ‘disk’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentالقُرْصَة
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalcorza‘sugar-heavy mass to manufacture pastry from it’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentقُرْصqurṣ‘disk’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentالقُرْصَة
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalcorza‘sugar-heavy mass to manufacture pastry from it’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Arabic قُرْص
Today it means
noun A paste of sugar and starch, used in making sweets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic قُرْص / alcorza