Etymograph

English

guazil

Guazil comes from Arabic وَزِير ‘helper, aide, minister’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوَزِيرwazīr‘helper, aide, minister’literally ‘one who bears (the burden of office)’
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الوَزِيرal-wazīr
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalguacil
  4. Englishtodayguazil

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوَزِيرwazīr‘helper, aide, minister’literally ‘one who bears (the burden of office)’
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الوَزِيرal-wazīr
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalguacil
  4. Englishtodayguazil

The story

Borrowed from Spanish alguacil, and then from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”).

Linked words

through Arabic وَزِير ‘helper, aide, minister’

vizier, wazir, 2 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of vizier.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic وَزِير / guazil

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