Etymology

almogavar

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Today it means: A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain. Full definition →

Spanish almogávar ← Andalusian Arabic مغاور ← Arabic مُغَاوِر
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  1. Arabic · derived fromمُغَاوِر
  2. Andalusian Arabic · derived fromمغاور
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromalmogávar
  4. English todayalmogavar

From Spanish almogávar, from Andalusian Arabic مغاور (muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.