alfayat

Old Leonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate.

Noun

alfayat

1. tailor
   • 1265, document from San Vicente de Ovied

     Johan Peliz e Pero Boca, alfayat de la Gasconna

     Johan Peliz and Pero Boca, tailor of La Gascona (neighborhood in Oviedo)

Descendants

• Asturian: alfayate