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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maple | A 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 |
| 2 | Middle English | mapel | maple tree or wood |
| 3 | Old English | mapultrēow | a maple tree |
| 4 | Old English | trēow | tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | treu | tree; wood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 7 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |
via English pug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pug | A small dog of an ancient breed originating in... |
| 2 | Hindi | पग | step; foot, leg |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पद्ग | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पद् | a foot; step; fourth part, quarter |
| 5 | Indo-Iranian | *pā́ts | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |