Where does “sosa” come from?

sosa (Spanish) comes from Catalan sosa, from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء — {{w|Suaeda}}; seepweed.

sosa (Spanish): feminine singular of soso; sodium hydroxide, soda...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of soso; sodium hydroxide, soda...

Ancestry of “sosa”, step by step

sosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan sosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansosasaltwort
2Arabicسُوَيْدَاء{{w|Suaeda}}; seepweed

via Portuguese Sousa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSousa—
2Old PortugueseSousa—

Words derived from “sosa”

Every word from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء →Every word from Catalan sosa →