Etymology

farasola

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Today it means: A unit of weight formerly used in trade in the Indian seas, generally varying from about 20 to 30 pounds. Full definition →

Arabic فَرَاسِلَة (farāsila) ← Portuguese parcelabor.? ← French parcelle
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  3. Proto-Italic*partis
  4. Latinpars
  5. Latinparticula
  6. Late Latinparticella
  7. Old Frenchparcelle
  8. Frenchparcelle
  9. Portugueseparcelabor.?
  10. Arabicفَرَاسِلَة (farāsila)
  11. English todayfarasola

From Arabic فَرَاسِلَة (farāsila), in some variants via Swahili frasila, of unclear origin, perhaps ultimately from Latin particella (“small portion”).

Words from the same roots

Swahilifrasila all →

frasila

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