Where does “ആൽഗ” come from?

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

ആൽഗ (Malayalam): alga

Definitions

  1. alga

Ancestry of “ആൽഗ”, 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...
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