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Where does “seagal” come from?

seagal (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish secal, from Latin secale — rye, a kind of grain.

seagal (Scottish Gaelic): rye

Definitions

  1. rye

Ancestry of “seagal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsecal—
2Latinsecalerye, a kind of grain
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