The story
- Sicilian · borrowed fromMarsala
- English todayMarsala
From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.