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gabella: Arabic → Catalan · Lexodus

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gabella

Probably from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla, “bail, guaranty”), though a derivation from Proto-West Germanic *gabul (“tribute”) has also been proposed. The sense of "alliance" has been influenced by gavella (“sheaf”).

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1200

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.