The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromآچار“pickle, marinade”
- Malay · derived fromacar
- Philippine Spanish · borrowed fromachara
- English todayatchara
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish achara, possibly from Malay acar, ultimately from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Compare Tagalog atsara, Cebuano atsara, Hiligaynon atsara, Indonesian acar, Hindi अचार (acār). Doublet of acar, achar, and atsara.
Words from the same roots
Classical Persianآچار all →
achar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.