acelga
chard, Swiss chardhortaliza de hojas grandes y verdes
Comes from Arabic
السِّلْقَة
as-silqa
“the chard”«la acelga»
Arabic today says
سِلْق
silq
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
Arabic itself had taken it from Greek.
The story
From Greek sikelḗ, "the Sicilian (plant)". The doubled sun letter s (as-silqa) left the initial a-, as in azúcar.Del griego sikelḗ, «(la planta) siciliana». La s solar duplicada (as-silqa) dejó la a- inicial, como en azúcar.
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