Etymology

merguez

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Today it means: A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef. Full definition →

French merguez ← Algerian Arabic مرقاز
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The story

  1. Algerian Arabic · derived fromمرقاز
  2. French · borrowed frommerguez
  3. English todaymerguez

From French merguez, from Algerian Arabic مرقاز (margāz).

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