Re: almendra: Arabic root of Spanish word

"Harlan" == Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> We also learned that 'olive' is either 'oliva' or
>> 'aceituna'. I would guess that 'oliva' comes from Latin and
>> before that Greek and I know 'aceituna' comes from the Arabic
>> zaytoun.
............^^

How come there is an "ou" in a transcription/transliteration of Arabic?


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