drassana
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan daraçana, from Andalusian Arabic دار الصنعة (dár aṣṣánʕa), variant of دار الصناعة (dár aṣṣináʕa), from Arabic دَار اَلصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, literally “house of industry”). Cognate to Spanish atarazana, Italian darsena. The modern form has been influenced by dreçar (“to right, to erect”).
Further reading
- “drassana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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