Where does “maple pug” come from?

maple pug (English) comes from English Maple, from Middle English mapel, from Old English mapultrēow, from Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic treu, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

maple pug (English): Eupithecia inturbata, a species of geometer moth whose caterpillar feed on maple leaves

Definitions

  1. Eupithecia inturbata, a species of geometer moth whose caterpillar feed on maple leaves

Ancestry of “maple pug”, step by step

maple pug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Maple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMapleA small tree, Acer campestre, known as the common maple, field maple, or hedge maple, which has palmate leaves with five lobes and winged seeds, and is chiefly native to East Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America
2Middle Englishmapelmaple tree or wood
3Old Englishmapultrēowa maple tree
4Old Englishtrēowtree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick,...
5Proto-West Germanictreutree; wood
6Proto-Germanictrewątree
7EnglishdoruAlternative form of dory
8Ancient Greekδόρυwood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,...
9Proto-Hellenicdórutree
10Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
11Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

via English pug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpugA small dog of an ancient breed originating in...
2Hindiपगstep; foot, leg
3Sanskritपद्ग
4Sanskritपद्a foot; step; fourth part, quarter
5Indo-Iranian*pā́ts
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew-