The story
- Arabic · derived fromمَكِيلَة“measured”
- Andalusian Arabic · derived fromمَكِيلَة
- Portuguese · borrowed frommaquia
- English todaymaquia
From Portuguese maquia, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Doublet of maquila.
Words from the same roots
Andalusian Arabicمَكِيلَة all →
maquila
Arabicمَكِيلَة all →
maquila
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.