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Where does “Alĝero” come from?

Alĝero (Esperanto) comes from French Alger, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر, from Arabic جَزِيرَة — island.

Ancestry of “Alĝero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAlgerAlgiers
2Algerian Arabicالدزَاير—
3Arabicاَلْجَزَائِرthe islands; Algiers
4Arabicجَزِيرَةisland
Every word from Arabic جَزِيرَة →