Etymology

Alfuro

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Portuguese alfouro, alforro ← Arabic الحرّ ← Dutch Alfoer
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromAlfuru, Alfura
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromAlfoer
  3. Arabic · derived fromالحرّ“the free”
  4. Portuguese · borrowed fromalfouro, alforro“free; not enslaved”
  5. English todayAlfuro

From Portuguese alfouro, alforro (“free; not enslaved”), from Arabic الحرّ (al‑ḥurr, “the free”). Compare Dutch Alfoer, Malay Alfuru, Alfura.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesealfouro,alforro all →

Alfur

Arabicالحرّ all →

Alfur

DutchAlfoer all →

Alfur

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.