De los orígenes del término facería: contrastando acercamientos etimológicos [Concerning the origins of the term facería: contrasting etymological approaches]

Abstract

Until now attempts aimed at documenting the origin of the term facería have been based on the assumption that its origins are explained by appealing to a word in a Romance language or even in Latin. This paper puts forward another approach to the problem, based on the possibility that the term used for the institution in question has a distinctly indigenous origin, that is, that the semantic and conceptual roots of the term are found in Basque. The discussion deals primarily with the origins of the term facería. It consists of three sections, an introduction, a review of the etymologies previously put forward and a new proposal with an argument based on an indigenous etymology.