alcaucil
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a form *capicella from Medieval Latin capitia from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.
Pronunciation
Noun
alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)
Further reading
- “alcaucil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
- Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcaucil”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
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