Etymograph

English

alga

Alga comes from Latin alga ‘seaweed’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalga‘seaweed’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalga‘seaweed’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

Earliest quotation: 2016, Latrunculin A: “For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated…”

Every English word from Latin alga

Today it means

noun Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

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Etymograph / Latin alga / alga

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