Etymograph

English

almud

Almud comes from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ, and goes back to Arabic مُدّ ‘a dry measure varying in size by several liters’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُدّ1mudd‘a dry measure varying in size by several liters’by way of Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠, Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600المُدّ1al-mudd
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalmud1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1990almud1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English almud
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1990, Carmen Diana Deere, Household and Class Relations: “An almud is a measure of volume rather than…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentمُدّWiktionary, English almudmudd‘a dry measure varying in size by several liters’by way of Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠, Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ
  2. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600المُدّWiktionary, English almudal-mudd
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentalmudWiktionary, English almud
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1990almudWiktionary, English almud. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1990, Carmen Diana Deere, Household and Class Relations: “An almud is a measure of volume rather than…”

Every English word from Arabic مُدّ

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “almud”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Arabic مُدّ / almud

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