Where does “alicatar” come from?

alicatar (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic القطع, from Arabic قطع, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

alicatar (Spanish): to tile

Definitions

  1. to tile

Ancestry of “alicatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالقطع
2Arabicقطعto cut, to break; to stop, to cease; to cut off
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤Every word from Aramaic 𐡈Every word from Aramaic ט‬