Etymology

celemin

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Today it means: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters. Full definition →

Spanish celemín ← Arabic ثُمُنِ
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromثُمُنِ“of one-eighth”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcelemín
  3. English todaycelemin

From Spanish celemín, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.

Words from the same roots

Arabicثُمُنِ all →

celamim

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