Where does “mangrove” come from?

Mangrove comes from English mangrow, a word of uncertain origin and meaning.

mangrove (English): Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...

Definitions

  1. Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...

Ancestry of “mangrove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmangrow
2Portuguesemanguemangrove
3Spanishmanglemangrove

Words derived from “mangrove

Every word from Spanish mangleEvery word from Portuguese mangueEvery word from English mangrow