Where does “eaglewood” come from?
eaglewood (English) comes from English eagle, from French aigle, from Italian aquila, from Spanish Águila, from Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila, from Ancient Greek χρυσάετος, from Ancient Greek χρῡσός — gold.
eaglewood (English): Synonym of agarwood
Definitions
- Synonym of agarwood
Ancestry of “eaglewood”, step by step
eaglewood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eagle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eagle | Any of several large carnivorous and... |
| 2 | French | aigle | eagle; a man of ingenuity and superior talent; a... |
| 3 | Italian | aquila | eagle |
| 4 | Spanish | Águila | eagle |
| 5 | Old Spanish | aguila | eagle |
| 6 | Latin | aquila | eagle; the standard carried by a Roman legion;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρυσάετος | golden eagle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῡσός | gold |
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 |