Where does “avaria” come from?
avaria (Italian) comes from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
avaria (Italian): damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of...
Definitions
- damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of...
Ancestry of “avaria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 2 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 3 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |
Words derived from “avaria”