Where does “alga” come from?

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

alga (Italian): seaweed

Definitions

  1. seaweed

Ancestry of “alga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinalgaSeaweed; plants that grow in freshwater;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanalǵ-to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

Words derived from “alga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- →Every word from Latin alga →
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