Where does “ajo” come from?

ajo (Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl) comes from Spanish ajo, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.

ajo (Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “ajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishajogarlic; profanity, curse word
2Latinalliumlate form of ālium
3Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ālu- →Every word from Latin allium →Every word from Spanish ajo →