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Where does “lelong” come from?

lelong (Malay) comes from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic إِعْلَام, from Arabic أَعْلَمَ — to inform.

Ancestry of “lelong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseleilãoauction
2Arabicإِعْلَامnotice, instruction
3Arabicأَعْلَمَto inform
Every word from Arabic أَعْلَمَ →