Where does “fanecada” come from?

fanecada (Catalan) comes from Galician faneca, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة, from Arabic فَنِيقَة.

fanecada (Catalan): A unit of measure for acreage corresponding to the surface area which could be seeded with one faneca of grain, roughly equivalent to one-twelfth of a hectare

Definitions

  1. A unit of measure for acreage corresponding to the surface area which could be seeded with one faneca of grain, roughly equivalent to one-twelfth of a hectare

Ancestry of “fanecada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianfanecapouting
2Andalusian Arabicفَنِيقَةsack
3Arabicفَنِيقَة—
Every word from Arabic فَنِيقَة →Every word from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة →Every word from Galician faneca →