Where does “Algol” come from?

Algol (Spanish) comes from Arabic غول, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

Algol (Spanish): Algol binary star in the constellation of Perseus

Definitions

  1. Algol binary star in the constellation of Perseus

Ancestry of “Algol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicغولape, orangutan; ghoul, desert demon; demon, jinn,...
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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