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Where does “cafisu” come from?

cafisu (Sicilian) comes from Arabic قَفِيز, from Aramaic קְפִיזָא.

cafisu (Sicilian): qafiz, a measurement of volume used to measure...

Definitions

  1. qafiz, a measurement of volume used to measure...

Ancestry of “cafisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَفِيزa dry measure
2Aramaicקְפִיזָא—
Every word from Aramaic קְפִיזָא →