Etymology

mojama

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Today it means: A Mediterranean dish consisting of filleted salt-cured tuna. Full definition →

Spanish mojama ← Arabic مُشَمَّع
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمُشَمَّع“of wax”
  2. Spanish · borrowed frommojama
  3. English todaymojama

From Spanish mojama, from Arabic مُشَمَّع (mušammaʕ, “of wax”).

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