Where does “algă” come from?

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

algă (Romanian): alga; seaweed

Definitions

  1. alga; seaweed

Ancestry of “algă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalguealga
2LatinalgaSeaweed; plants that grow in freshwater;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanalǵ-to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

Words derived from “algă”

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