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But after a glance at Wikipedia, I see that archaeological evedence for couscous eating in North Africa goes back to the 9th century at least, so perhaps I should have derived the C-an term from the Berber seksu which would have given me *sexu /'se.SU/. Ah well. Adam On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Adam Walker <carraxan@hidden.email> wrote: > The word is from Arabic kuskus < kaskasa "he pounded." Couscous is an > important pasta in Carraxan lands. Carrajina has a lot of Arabic loans, > maybe even more than Spanish does. > > Adam > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:04 PM, thomasruhm <thomas@hidden.email> wrote: > >> >> >> Where did the first 'u' in Carraxan cuscus derive from, if you say it is >> from a latin regional word? >> >> Thomas >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]