Where does “Alger” come from?

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

Alger (French): Algiers

Definitions

  1. Algiers

Ancestry of “Alger”, step by step

Alger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Algerian Arabic الدزَاير

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Algerian Arabicالدزَاير—
2Arabicاَلْجَزَائِرthe islands; Algiers
3Arabicجَزِيرَةisland

via Arabic الجزائر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicالجزائرAlgeria; Algiers; Algeria
2Arabicالْجَزَائِر—

Words derived from “Alger”

Every word from Arabic جَزِيرَة →Every word from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر →Every word from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير →