cozcuz

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • cuz cuz

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus). The lack of the ال (al-) article shows its later adoption in the language.[1]

    Noun

    cozcuz m (uncountable)

    1. (dis legomenon) couscous

    Descendants

    • Galician: cuscús
    • Portuguese: cuscuz

    References

    1. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1995), “Cuscuz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume II, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 269
    • Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “cuscuz”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval [Historical and chronological vocabullary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
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