Where does “mapley” come from?
mapley (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.
mapley (English): Resembling a maple tree , its leaf, or its wood;...
Definitions
- Resembling a maple tree , its leaf, or its wood;...
Ancestry of “mapley”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Maple | — |
| 2 | Middle English | mapel | — |
| 3 | Old English | mapultrēow | — |
| 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 |