Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

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Sim! Magnifico! Misterio resuelto! (arabe derivado do grego!!!)

Auguri anche a te ed il Portogallo,
Susana


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From: Leonel Hermida <leonelhermida at netc.pt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
Date: mercoledì 1 dicembre 1999 20.09
Subject: Re: Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin


>O 'Grande Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa' volume V (1981) atribui a
>"giz" a etimologia: "do arabe "jibs" derivado do grego "gypsos", gesso.
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>Mi ha capito, Susana?
>Auguroni per Roma.
>Leonel
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>According to the diccionary of the Real Academia Espanola,  "gis" comes
from
>the Latin "gypsum".
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>On the other side, in Italian it is "gesso", and in the De Agostini Italian
>dictionary it says that it comes from the Greek "gypsos".
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>In Portuguese it is "giz", but I can't find the etimology.
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>In French it is "craie", so no connection.
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>so?
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>As for Arabic, some of the words for "chalk" are "tabashir", "halak",
>"hawara" but also "karbonat al-kas" (charcoal cup).
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>Susana Moraleda
>(a Mexican in Rome)
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>From: Mel Sanchez <melesan at pacbell.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
>Date: mercoledì 1 dicembre 1999 4.17
>Subject: Re: Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin
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>>The interesting thing about tiza is that it is used in Spain.  In Mexico
>>they use the word from Spain giz.  Does the latter come from Arabic?
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>>John F. Schwaller wrote:
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>>> Joe's list is a very good one.  One Spanish word missing is
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>>> tiza (chalk) from tizatl (white stone)
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>>> John Frederick Schwaller
>schwallr at selway.umt.edu
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>>> The University of Montana                           FAX 406-243-5937
>>>                           http://www.umt.edu/history/NAHUATL/
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