Where does “avaria” come from?

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

avaria (Portuguese): damage

Definitions

  1. damage

Ancestry of “avaria”, 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 →