ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN
SPAIN
IN THE EARLY MIDDLE
AGES
Thomas F. Glick
Table 6
Arabisms in Castilian
through the Thirteenth Century, by Category
(percent of total Arabisms)
PERIOD
711-1050 1050-1200 1200-1300
1. Islam-related
2.6
6.7
2. Institutions
29.0
28.6
13.4
3. Military terms
5.3
28.6
6.2
4. Maritime terms
1.0
5. Weights and measures
13.2
7.2
3.1
6. Agriculture, trade
13.2
9.6
10.1
7. Technology
2.4
6.2
8. Domestic ware
8.0
4.8
3.1
9. Clothing, textiles
21.0
9.6
8.3
10. Metals and related
products
2.6
7.2
11. Entertainment
7.7
12. Plant, animal names
13.4
13. Medicine
2.6
14. Geographic terms
2.4
2.1
15. Abstract ideas,
scientific terms
2.1
16. Adjectives, particles
5.3
2.4
3.0
17. Verbs
1.6
1 8. Other
4.8
2.1
Source: Eero K. Neuvonen, Los arabismos
del español en el siglo XIII, pp. 82-83, 136-137, 258-259.