Etymology

fanega

fa·ne·ga
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Today it means: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel. Full definition →

Spanish fanega ← Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة ← Arabic فَنِيقَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromفَنِيقَة
  2. Andalusian Arabic · derived fromفَنِيقَة“sack”
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromfanega
  4. English todayfanega

From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).

Words from the same roots

Andalusian Arabicفَنِيقَة all →

fanga

Arabicفَنِيقَة all →

fanga

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.