Where does “arrabalizar” come from?

arrabalizar (Spanish) comes from Spanish arrabal, from Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض, from Arabic رَبَض — outskirts.

arrabalizar (Spanish): of a city, to expand in a haphazard way with shoddy or cheap construction; to suburbanize

Definitions

  1. of a city, to expand in a haphazard way with shoddy or cheap construction; to suburbanize

Ancestry of “arrabalizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanisharrabalsuburb
2Andalusian Arabicالرَبَض—
3Arabicرَبَضoutskirts

Words derived from “arrabalizar”

Every word from Arabic رَبَض →Every word from Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض →Every word from Spanish arrabal →