Where does “almud” come from?

almud (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ, from Arabic مُدّ, from Latin modius, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

almud (Spanish): almude, a unit of volume

Definitions

  1. almude, a unit of volume

Ancestry of “almud”, step by step

almud traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Andalusian Arabic المُدّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالمُدّ—
2Arabicمُدّ—
3Latinmodiusmodius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or...
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Andalusian Arabic مد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicمد—

Words derived from “almud”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →