Etymograph

English

agar

Agar comes from Malay agar ‘jelly’.

  1. Malaymodernagar‘jelly’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Malaymodernagar‘jelly’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life: “An hour before, he had been in lab, removing…”

Every English word from Malay agar

Another origin of agar

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअगरुagaru‘agarwood’uncertain
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentअगरagar‘agarwood’uncertain
  3. Englishtodayagar

Today it means

noun A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

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Etymograph / Malay agar / agar

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