Where does “alerce” come from?
alerce (Portuguese) comes from Andalusian Arabic al-ʔarz, from Arabic أَرْز — cedar; َcedar.
alerce (Portuguese): larch
Ancestry of “alerce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Andalusian Arabic | al-ʔarz | — |
| 2 | Arabic | أَرْز | cedar; َcedar |