Where does “marrà” come from?

marrà (Catalan) comes from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم, from Arabic حَرَّمَ — to forbid.

marrà (Catalan): ram; stubborn; pig, boar

Definitions

  1. ram; stubborn; pig, boar

Ancestry of “marrà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmarranopig; converted Jew
2Arabicمُحَرَّمforbidden
3Arabicحَرَّمَto forbid

Words derived from “marrà”

Every word from Arabic حَرَّمَ →Every word from Arabic مُحَرَّم →Every word from Spanish marrano →