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Where does “acelga” come from?

acelga (Galician) comes from Arabic سلق, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

acelga (Galician): chard

Definitions

  1. chard

Ancestry of “acelga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسلقto thrust, to prostrate, to pierce, to push, to...
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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