The word ‘Moorish’ retains its oldest medieval senses into present-day Spanish

Evidence

It needs to be stressed (and is often forgotten) that moro and morisco (1) (“Moor” and “Moorish”), going back as they do to the oldest level of the Spanish language, have never ceased to be used and can still have these same meanings, right up to the present day, even though morisco (2), the acceptation to be discussed in the next paragraph, occurs nowadays with greater frequency. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 50 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The modern sense of aljamiado misreads earlier texts that mean simply ‘Spanish-speaking’; The older Moorish meaning of morisco survives to the present day — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 50; The word morisco first meant simply Moorish as an adjective — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 48 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The older Moorish meaning of morisco survives to the present day #corroborates (0.92) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 50
• The term Moor shifted from a religious to a racial appellation over time #complicates (0.75)