Etymology

alpargata

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Today it means: Synonym of espadrille. Full definition →

Spanish alpargata ← Andalusian Arabic برغات (barḡāt) ← Basque abarka
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The story

  1. Basqueabar
  2. Basqueabarka
  3. Andalusian Arabicبرغة (barḡa)
  4. Andalusian Arabicبرغات (barḡāt)
  5. Spanishalpargata
  6. English todayalpargata

Borrowed from Spanish alpargata.

Words from the same roots

Spanishalpargata all →

alpagat

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