The story
- Arabic · derived fromالعِضَادَة
- Spanish · derived fromalidada
- French · borrowed fromalidade
- English todayalidade
From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicالعِضَادَة all →
theodolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.