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Where does “caracca” come from?

caracca (Italian) comes from Arabic حَرَّاقَة — fireship.

caracca (Italian): carrack

Definitions

  1. carrack

Ancestry of “caracca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَرَّاقَةfireship
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