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alfil: Persian → Arabic → Galician · Lexodus

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alfil

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl, “elephant”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).

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This journey was extracted automatically from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and hasn't been checked by a person yet. Dates marked “c.” are estimated from each language's period, and every hop is graded at best “probable”.

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Wiktionary: alfil (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 1050Persian

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c. 1050
c. 1070
c. 1300

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