maquila

maquila · noun¹

1. Arabic · derived fromمَكِيلَة“measured”
2. Andalusian Arabic · derived fromمَكِيلَة
3. Spanish · borrowed frommaquila
4. English todaymaquila

From Spanish maquila, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). In reference to factories, via Spanish clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (“to assemble”) + -adora (“-ator: forming agent nouns”), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain. Also understood as a clipping within English.

maquila · noun²

1. Spanish · borrowed frommaquila
2. Basque · derived frommakila
3. English todaymaquila

From Basque makila via Spanish maquila.

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