Etymograph

English

sargo

Sargo comes from Spanish sargo ‘sargo, white seabream’, from Latin sargus ‘sargue, sea bream (fish)’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek σαργός.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσαργός1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsargus2‘sargue, sea bream (fish)’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsargo3‘sargo, white seabream’
  4. Englishtodaysargo3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sargus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish sargo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English sargo

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσαργόςWiktionary, Latin sargus
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsargusWiktionary, Spanish sargo‘sargue, sea bream (fish)’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsargoWiktionary, English sargo‘sargo, white seabream’
  4. EnglishtodaysargoWiktionary, English sargo

Every English word from Ancient Greek σαργός

Today it means

noun Diplodus sargus, a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic and western Indian Oceans.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sargo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sargus, Spanish sargo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek σαργός / sargo

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