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Where does “gamacha” come from?

gamacha (Occitan) comes from Spanish guademecí, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ, from Arabic غدامس, from Latin Cidamus.

Ancestry of “gamacha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishguademecíembossed leather
2Arabicغَدَامِسِيّrelated to the town of {{m|ar|غَدَامِس}} in the...
3Arabicغدامس—
4LatinCidamus—

Words derived from “gamacha”

  • gamache
  • Gamasche
  • gamache
Every word from Latin Cidamus →