The story
- Arabic · derived fromفَنِيقَة
- Andalusian Arabic · derived fromفَنِيقَة“sack”
- Portuguese · borrowed fromfanga
- English todayfanga
From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.
Words from the same roots
Andalusian Arabicفَنِيقَة all →
fanega
Arabicفَنِيقَة all →
fanega
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.