English
alfilaria
Alfilaria comes from Spanish alfilerillo ‘redstem filaree’, from alfiler ‘pin’, and ultimately from Arabic خِلَال.
- Arabicc. 500–presentخِلَال‘pin, peg’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600اَلْخِلَالal-ḵilál
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalfiler‘pin’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalfilerillo‘redstem filaree’
- Englishtodayalfilaria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentخِلَال‘pin, peg’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600اَلْخِلَالal-ḵilál
- Spanishc. 1500–presentalfiler‘pin’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalfilerillo‘redstem filaree’
- Englishtodayalfilaria
The story
The ending was assimilated to the familiar botanical suffix -aria.
Every English word from Arabic خِلَال
Today it means
noun common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic خِلَال / alfilaria