Where does “avaria” come from?
avaria (Catalan) comes from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
avaria (Catalan): damage; breakdown, failure
Definitions
- damage; breakdown, failure
Ancestry of “avaria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عَوَارِيَّة | damaged goods; damage in transit |
| 2 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 3 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |