azulejo

blue colored; indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea; cornflower, Centaurea cyanus

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-der.? Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard) Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor. Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward) Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor. Old Spanish azur Spanish azul Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Spanish -ejo Spanish azulejo From azul + -ejo.

tile (of a wall or floor)

Related: azulejar, azulejero

From Andalusian Arabic اَلزُّلَيْجَة (az-zuléyja), from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).