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Where does “cherrywood” come from?

cherrywood (English) comes from English Cherry, from Middle English chery, from Old English ċiris, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον — pear-tree.

cherrywood (English): A hardwood obtained from the cherry tree, valued...

Definitions

  1. A hardwood obtained from the cherry tree, valued...

Ancestry of “cherrywood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCherrysomeone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan,...
2Middle EnglishcheryAlternative form of cheri
3Old Englishċiris—
4Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
5Latinceresiacherry
6Latinceresium—
7Latincerasium—
8Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
9Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
10Akkadian????pear-tree
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