Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “alǵ-”

70 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- — including algae, alga, alginate, alginic, macroalga, microalga, algin, algicide.

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English (18)

Latin (5)

Italian (5)

German (5)

Irish (4)

Spanish (4)

French (3)

Portuguese (3)

Swedish (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Danish (2)

Dutch (2)

Icelandic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Romanian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- — 70 descendants | Etymology Explorer