Where does “dogwood” come from?
Dogwood comes from English dog and English wood, from Old English wudu meaning tree, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu-.
dogwood (English): Any of various small trees of the genus "Cornus",...
Definitions
- Any of various small trees of the genus "Cornus",...
Ancestry of “dogwood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dag | A hanging end or shred, in particular a long... |
| 2 | Old French | dague | — |
| 3 | Italian | daga | dagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | daca | Dacian knife; Dacian |
| 5 | Latin | Dacia | Denmark; Dacia; greater Romania |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Δάοι | Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus |