Where does “agar” come from?
agar (Spanish) comes from Spanish agar-agar, from Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
agar (Spanish): Alternative form of agar-agar
Definitions
- Alternative form of agar-agar
Ancestry of “agar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | agar-agar | agar |
| 2 | Malay | agar | so that; agar , agar-agar; agar |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |