The story
- Malay · derived fromsagu“sago”
- Portuguese · borrowed fromsagueiro
- English todaysagwire
From Portuguese sagueiro, ultimately from Malay sagu (“sago”); compare Makasar sagéru, Buginese sagéru, Malay saguer, Malay sageru. Doublet of sagoweer.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.