Etymograph

English

tega

Tega comes from Galician tega, and goes back to Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة ‘hanging thing’.

  1. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600تَعْلِيقَة1taʕlíqa‘hanging thing’
  2. Galicianmoderntega1
  3. Englishtodaytega1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tega

Lineage

  1. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600تَعْلِيقَةWiktionary, English tegataʕlíqa‘hanging thing’
  2. GalicianmoderntegaWiktionary, English tega
  3. EnglishtodaytegaWiktionary, English tega

Every English word from Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة

Today it means

noun Synonym of ferrado, a traditional Galician unit of dry measure, mass, and land area

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tega”. 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 / Andalusian Arabic تَعْلِيقَة / tega

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