Where does “agar-agar” come from?

agar-agar (Finnish) comes from Malay agar-agar — agar a material obtained from a marine alga, agar-agar.

agar-agar (Finnish): agar

Definitions

  1. agar

Ancestry of “agar-agar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayagar-agaragar a material obtained from a marine alga, agar-agar
Every word from Malay agar-agar
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