Where does “maile” come from?

maile (English) comes from Hawaiian maile, from Proto-Polynesian *maile.

maile (English): A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia,...

Definitions

  1. A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia,...

Ancestry of “maile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmailemaile
2Proto-Polynesian*maile—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *maile →Every word from Hawaiian maile →