Where does “mahonie” come from?

mahonie (Dutch) comes from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

mahonie (Dutch): mahogany wood of trees of genus

Definitions

  1. mahogany wood of trees of genus

Ancestry of “mahonie”, step by step

mahonie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mahogany

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
2Spanishmahoganimahogany
3Island Caribmagamahogany

via Translingual Mahonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMahoniagenus}}

Words derived from “mahonie”

Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →