Where does “avariare” come from?

avariare (Italian) comes from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.

avariare (Italian): to damage, to break

Definitions

  1. to damage, to break

Ancestry of “avariare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavariadamage; breakdown, failure; inflection of...
2Arabicعواريةdamage in transit, average, the occurrence of...
3Arabicعَوَارfault, blemish, defect, flaw
4Arabicعَوِرَto lose an eye
Every word from Arabic عَوِرَ →Every word from Arabic عَوَار →Every word from Arabic عوارية →
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