Where does “camphorwood” come from?
camphorwood (English) comes from English camphor, from Middle French champore, from Old French camphore, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά, from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur, from Pahlavi 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 — lime, calcium.
camphorwood (English): The wood of "Cinnamomum camphora", an evergreen...
Definitions
- The wood of "Cinnamomum camphora", an evergreen...
Ancestry of “camphorwood”, step by step
camphorwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English camphor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | camphor | A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid... |
| 2 | Middle French | champore | — |
| 3 | Old French | camphore | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | camphora | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμφορά | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كَافُور | — |
| 7 | Malay | kapur | lime |
| 8 | Pahlavi | 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | कर्पूर | camphor |
| 10 | Pali | kappūra | camphor |
| 11 | Old Malay | kapur | — |
| 12 | Proto-Malayic | *kapur | — |
| 13 | Proto-Austronesian | qapuʀ | lime, calcium |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |