Etymograph

English

Malaga

Malaga comes from Latin Malaca, and goes back to Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊.

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤌𐤋𐤊mlk /⁠Málaka/ or /Malake⁠/
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMalaca
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentمَالَقَةMālaqa
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentMálaga
  5. EnglishtodayMalaga

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤌𐤋𐤊mlk /⁠Málaka/ or /Malake⁠/
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMalaca
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentمَالَقَةMālaqa
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentMálaga
  5. EnglishtodayMalaga

The story

From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /⁠Málaka/ or /Malake⁠/) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (‘salt’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

Every English word from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊

Today it means

name A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 / Malaga

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