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Where does “sabugo” come from?

sabugo (Galician) comes from Latin sambūcus, from Latin sambūca, from Ancient Greek σαμβύκη, from Aramaic סַבְּכָא.

sabugo (Galician): elderberry; elder; kernel of the elderberry wood;...

Definitions

  1. elderberry; elder; kernel of the elderberry wood;...

Ancestry of “sabugo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsambūcus—
2Latinsambūca—
3Ancient Greekσαμβύκηsambuca, a triangular musical instrument with...
4Aramaicסַבְּכָא—
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