English
maquila
Maquila comes from Arabic مَكِيلَة ‘measured’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكِيلَةmakīla‘measured’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600same formmakíla
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmaquila
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَكِيلَةmakīla‘measured’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600same formmakíla
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmaquila
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
In reference to factories, via Spanish clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (‘to assemble’) + -adora (‘-ator: forming agent nouns’), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain.
Every English word from Arabic مَكِيلَة
Another origin of maquila
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbaculum‘walking stick, cane, staff’
- Basquemodernmakila‘a stick’by way of Spanish maquila
- Englishtodaymaquila
Today it means
noun Synonym of medio, half-celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَكِيلَة / maquila