Where does “ארגון” come from?
ארגון (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew ארגון, from English argamannu, from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 — red purple; tribute.
Ancestry of “ארגון”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | ארגון | purple; organization; planning, method |
| 2 | English | argamannu | A red-purple dye; A cloth of this color, often... |
| 3 | Akkadian | 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 | red purple; tribute |