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Where does “Algerine” come from?

Algerine comes from English Algeria combined with the suffix -ine, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر, traced through Latin -inus and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -iHnos and -no-.

Algerine (English): Algerian; A native or inhabitant of Algiers or...

Definitions

  1. Algerian; A native or inhabitant of Algiers or...

Ancestry of “Algerine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAlgeria—
2EnglishAlger—
3Middle EnglishAlger—
4Middle Dutchâelgêer—
5Middle Dutchgêer—
6Old Dutchgēr—
7Proto-West Germanicgaiʀspear
8Proto-Germanicgaizazspear, pike, javelin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰoysósthrowing spear
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter
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