Where does “xeque” come from?
xeque (Old Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَاخَ — to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...
Ancestry of “xeque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Andalusian Arabic | شَيْخ | — |
| 2 | Arabic | شَيْخ | sheikh; an elder in charge; elder |
| 3 | Arabic | شَاخَ | to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow... |
Words derived from “xeque”