Where does “mangrove” come from?

mangrove (Dutch) comes from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.

mangrove (Dutch): a mangrove tree

Definitions

  1. a mangrove tree

Ancestry of “mangrove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
2Englishmangrow—
3Portuguesemanguemangrove
4Spanishmanglemangrove

Words derived from “mangrove”

Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →