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Where does “açafran” come from?

açafran (Old Spanish) comes from Arabic زعفران, from Aramaic צפר.

açafran (Old Spanish): saffron

Definitions

  1. saffron

Ancestry of “açafran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزعفرانsaffron
2Aramaicצפר—
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