English
maquia
Maquia comes from Portuguese maquia ‘maquia, a traditional unit of dry volume…’, and goes back to Arabic مَكِيلَة ‘measured’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكِيلَةmakīla‘measured’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600same formmakíla
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmaquia‘maquia, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.8–1.2 litres in different…’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكِيلَةmakīla‘measured’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600same formmakíla
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmaquia‘maquia, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.8–1.2 litres in different…’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Arabic مَكِيلَة
Today it means
noun A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَكِيلَة / maquia