Where does “Sargassum” come from?

Sargassum (Translingual) comes from Portuguese sargaço, from Latin salicastrum, from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

Sargassum (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Sargassum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesargaçosargasso, gulfweed
2Latinsalicastruma kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets
3Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
4Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “Sargassum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Latin salix →Every word from Latin salicastrum →