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Where does “alefriz” come from?

alefriz (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic الإِفْرِيز, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.

alefriz (Spanish): mortise, rabbet

Definitions

  1. mortise, rabbet

Ancestry of “alefriz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالإِفْرِيز—
2Arabicإِفْرِيزking beam, cornice
3Classical Syriacܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ—
4Ancient GreekπερίζωμαA loincloth worn around the waist
5Ancient Greekπερῐ-around; very; round about
6New Latinheliumhelium
7Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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