Word Origin Summary

وزير is attested in Andalusian Arabic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• alguazil

  English · borrowed from

• orosiir

  Southeastern Tepehuan · derived from

• guazil

  English · derived from

• alguwasil

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• alguacil

  Spanish · borrowed from

• argousin

  French · derived from

• agusil

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• aguacil

  Galician · borrowed from

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