alpargata
noun
al·par·ga·ta
ˌalpə(r)ˈgätə
plural -s
: espadrille
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, alteration of alpargate, from Arabic dialect (Spain) al-parghāt, plural of al-parghah the sandal, from Arabic al the + parghah sandal, from Spanish abarca
First Known Use
1613, in the meaning defined above
- social psychology
- social realism
- social reg
- social registerite
- social science
- social scientist
- social secretary
- social security
- Social Security number
- social selection
- social service
- social statics
- social structure
- social studies
- social system
- social telesis
- social unit
- social wasp
- social weaverbird
- social welfare
- social whale
- social work
- social worker
- social-minded
- socialer