The story
- Arabic · derived fromمَعْدِيَة“ferry”
- French · borrowed fromalmadie
- English todayalmadie
From French almadie (compare Spanish & Portuguese almadia), from Arabic مَعْدِيَة (maʕdiya, “ferry”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
almadie
Today it means: A canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa. Full definition →
French almadie ← Arabic مَعْدِيَة