Where does “alzinenc” come from?

alzinenc (Catalan) comes from Catalan alzina, from Latin ilicīna, from Latin īlex — holm oak (Quercus ilex).

alzinenc (Catalan): Leccinellum lepidum, an edible bolete mushroom which grows in mycorrhizal symbiosis with the evergreen oak

Definitions

  1. Leccinellum lepidum, an edible bolete mushroom which grows in mycorrhizal symbiosis with the evergreen oak

Ancestry of “alzinenc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanalzinaholm oak
2Latinilicīna—
3Latinīlexholm oak (Quercus ilex)
Every word from Latin īlex →Every word from Latin ilicīna →Every word from Catalan alzina →