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Old Spanish
Etymology
Metathesized from Arabic الْحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
albafaca f (usually uncountable)
- basil
1250, Abraham de Toledo,
Momín, libro de los animales que cazan :
- Estos son otros poluos pora la calentura otrosí, e es que tomen de la regaliza e del çumo aluahaca, e del cubebo e del açúcar blanco
- These are moreover the powders to heal fever, utilizing licorice, fruit juice, basil, cubeb and white sugar...
ca. 1300, anonymous,
Tratado de agricultura de Ibn Bassal :
- E sienpre la asy como sienbran la simiente del albafaca. E rrieguen la muy bien.
- And always it in the same way people scatter basil seeds. And water it very well.
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