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
Ancestry of “ajo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | ajo | garlic; profanity, curse word |
| 2 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |