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where did Spanish come up with izquierda?
According to this site
http://www.basque-red.net/eng/euskaeng/ostrowsk.htm
it's from Basque:
Basque ezker „left (part), left hand“ explains Spanish izquierdo „left“ and izquierda „left hand, (political) left“ (see also esquerre in Catalan and Gascon)
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