Where does “agar-agar” come from?

agar-agar (Tagalog) comes from Spanish agar-agar, from Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.

agar-agar (Tagalog): agar

Definitions

  1. agar

Ancestry of “agar-agar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishagar-agaragar
2Malayagarso that in order to
3Sanskritअग्रforemost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,...
4Sanskritअङ्ग्to go
5Sanskritइङ्ग्to agitate
Every word from Sanskrit इङ्ग् →Every word from Sanskrit अङ्ग् →Every word from Sanskrit अग्र →
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