The story
- Arabic · derived fromالكَيْل“a measure”
- Portuguese · borrowed fromalqueire
- English todayalqueire
From Portuguese alqueire, from Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”), from ك ي ل (k y l, root).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
alqueire
Today it means: A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts. Full definition →
Portuguese alqueire ← Arabic الكَيْل