alac

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Latin alica through a Vulgar Latin root *alaca (compare Spanish álaga), or alternatively from Hungarian alakor, though it may possibly itself be from Romanian. Others have suggested a connection with Albanian akuë or lakër, from Greek [1].

Noun

alac n (plural alace)

  1. einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum)
  2. spelt (Triticum spelta or Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta)

References
  1. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
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