Where does “Algarve” come from?

Algarve (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese Algarve, from Arabic الغَرْب.

Ancestry of “Algarve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseAlgarve—
2Arabicالغَرْب—
Every word from Arabic الغَرْب →Every word from Old Portuguese Algarve →