jabón
/xaˈbon/ · B1 · noun · m
soap
🧼 Latin sapo, sapon- (soap) became jabón: the same root as soap
Latin sapo, stem sapon-, gave English soap and saponify. In Spanish the s- turned into the j- sound /x/, so sapon- became jabón. Sounds like ha-BONE, and soap was once made from animal fat.