Where does “Algeria” come from?
Algeria comes from Arabic al-jazāʾir, the plural of jazīrah meaning "island," referring to the islands off the North African coast.
Ancestry of “Algeria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Alger | — |
| 2 | Middle English | Alger | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | âelgêer | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gêer | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | gēr | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | gaiʀ | spear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gaizaz | spear, pike, javelin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰoysós | throwing spear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰey- | winter |
Words derived from “Algeria”