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Where does “almeza” come from?

almeza (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic ميس, from Arabic مَيْس — a kind of tree.

almeza (Spanish): hackberry

Definitions

  1. hackberry

Ancestry of “almeza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicميس—
2Arabicمَيْسa kind of tree
Every word from Arabic مَيْس →