Where does “alga” come from?

alga (Irish) comes from English alga, from Latin alga, from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- — to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

alga (Irish): alga

Definitions

  1. alga

Ancestry of “alga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalgaAny of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms,...
2LatinalgaSeaweed; plants that grow in freshwater;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanalǵ-to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

Words derived from “alga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- →