Where does “ebontree” come from?

ebontree (English) comes from English ebon, from Old French eban, from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος, from Egyptian hbnj — ebony.

ebontree (English): ebony wood

Definitions

  1. ebony wood

Ancestry of “ebontree”, step by step

ebontree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ebon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishebonEbony; an ebony tree; Made of ebony; Black in...
2Old Frencheban
3LatinebenusAlternative form of hebenus
4Ancient Greekἔβενοςebony tree, wood
5Egyptianhbnjebony

via English tree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreeA perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one
Every word from Egyptian hbnj
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