Where does “algema” come from?

algema (Portuguese) comes from Arabic جامعة, from Arabic جَمَعَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

algema (Portuguese): handcuffs, manacles, shackles

Definitions

  1. handcuffs, manacles, shackles

Ancestry of “algema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجامعةuniversity, academy
2Arabicجَمَعَto unite, to reconcile; to gather; to collect,...
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—

Words derived from “algema”

Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic جَمَعَ →