noun, feminine/ˈsaɾɡa/plural: sargas
twill
Related: sarguero
Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin serica, and thus a doublet of jerga. Cf. also French serge, Old French sarge, Old Occitan sarga.
/ˈsaɾɡa/
twill
Related: sarguero
Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin serica, and thus a doublet of jerga. Cf. also French serge, Old French sarge, Old Occitan sarga.
any of a number of plants
Probably from a Basque *sarika, itself taken from a Celtic root akin to Latin salix (“willow”), and if so a doublet of sauce.