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Old Occitan
Etymology
Likely from Massalian Ancient Greek *ἐξαλώτης (*exalṓtēs), from ἔξαλος (éxalos, “out of the sea”). Alternatively, and less likely, from Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”). The form eissalot is one of the oldest recorded (1291) and corresponds closely to the Greek word. Subsequently there developed variants showing the suffix -oc.
Noun
eissalot m (oblique plural eissalots, nominative singular eissalots, nominative plural eissalot)
- wind blowing from the southeast
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