Etymograph

English

alfajor

Alfajor comes from Andalusian Arabic الْفَشُور ‘nectar, juice’, and goes back to Arabic أَفْشُرَج.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentأَفْشُرَج‘juice’
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الْفَشُورal-fašūr‘nectar, juice’
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500alfaxor
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentalfajor
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentأَفْشُرَج‘juice’
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الْفَشُورal-fašūr‘nectar, juice’
  3. Old Spanishc. 950–1500alfaxor
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentalfajor
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

Earliest quotation: 2010, Patricia Brooks, Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm: “My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian…”

Every English word from Arabic أَفْشُرَج

Today it means

noun A popular confection in South America usually made of flour, honey, and nuts and filled with a milk-based filling. Traditionally the filling was manjar blanco, but today it is typically dulce de leche.

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Etymograph / Arabic أَفْشُرَج / alfajor

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