Where does “agar-agar” come from?
agar-agar (Spanish) comes from Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
agar-agar (Spanish): agar
Ancestry of “agar-agar”, step by step
agar-agar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | agar | so that in order to |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
via English agar-agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | agar-agar | Agar |
| 2 | Malay | agar-agar | agar a material obtained from a marine alga, agar-agar |
Words derived from “agar-agar”