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
- A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia,...
Ancestry of “maile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | maile | maile |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *maile | — |