acelga (Portuguese)

Where does "acelga" come from?

The Portuguese noun 'acelga', meaning 'chard', was borrowed from the Arabic term 'السِّلْقَة'[1]. It shares cognates across related languages such as Spanish, Galician, and Fala, which also use variants of 'acelga'.

Full etymology tree

• acelga (Portuguese), 'chard (Beta vulgaris, sometimes Beta vulgaris var. cicla)'
  • borrowed السِّلْقَة (as-silqa) (Arabic)

Ancestors

• سلق (Arabic)

Sources

1. acelga (Portuguese) - Wiktionary
2. سلق (Arabic) - Wiktionary

Updated August 2026

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