Where does “agar” come from?
Agar comes from Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र meaning "front" or "foremost," ultimately from Sanskrit अङ्ग् meaning "limb" or "body part."
agar (English): A gelatinous material obtained from red algae,...
Definitions
- A gelatinous material obtained from red algae,...
Ancestry of “agar”, step by step
agar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi अगर
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | अगर | agarwood; if |
| 2 | Sanskrit | गुरु | heavy; weighty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | gr̥Húṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥Húš | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
via Malay agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | agar | so that in order to |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
Words derived from “agar”