Borrowed fromItalianAlghero, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive fromMedieval LatinAleguerium(literally“stagnation of seaweed”) orSardinianS'Alighèra, fromaliga(“seaweed; rubbish”) +-era, but either way fromLatinalga(“seaweed”), fromProto-Indo-European*alg-,*alǵ-(“to be dirty, slimy”).
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Unclear origin. Usually thought to derive fromMedieval LatinAleguerium(literally“stagnation of seaweed”) orSardinianS'Alighèra, fromaliga(“seaweed; rubbish”) +-era, but either way fromLatinalga(“seaweed”), fromProto-Indo-European*alg-,*alǵ-(“to be dirty, slimy”).
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Unadapted borrowing fromItalianAlghero, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive fromMedieval LatinAleguerium(literally“stagnation of seaweed”) orSardinianS'Alighèra, fromaliga(“seaweed; rubbish”) +-era, but either way fromLatinalga(“seaweed”), fromProto-Indo-European*alg-,*alǵ-(“to be dirty, slimy”).
Alghero f