The albarello (or alberello) is a glass, terracotta or ceramic container, suitable to contain simple substances, spices, pharmaceutical compounds (elettuari, ointments, etc.) and colors. The etymology is debated. The hypotheses are different: from the lat. ALVEOLUS + -ELLUS, or ALBARUS, or *ALBARIS, etc. A different etymology, from Arabic, will be proposed and discussed here.
Ancora sull’etimologia di “albarello”
Ilaria Zamuner
2018-01-01
Abstract
The albarello (or alberello) is a glass, terracotta or ceramic container, suitable to contain simple substances, spices, pharmaceutical compounds (elettuari, ointments, etc.) and colors. The etymology is debated. The hypotheses are different: from the lat. ALVEOLUS + -ELLUS, or ALBARUS, or *ALBARIS, etc. A different etymology, from Arabic, will be proposed and discussed here.File in questo prodotto:
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