• YTG123
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    34 days ago

    That’s an Arabic loan word if I’ve ever seen one

    • @paequ2@lemmy.today
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      24 days ago

      Yep. Spanish has a number of Arabic loan words, given Spain was conquered by the moors for a bit.

    • @Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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      24 days ago

      In french argot, people still say zitoune (zitun), I believe they got it from the algerians. Otherwise it’s just “olive”