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Where does “maply” come from?

maply (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.

maply (English): Of, or pertaining to, maple

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to, maple

Ancestry of “maply”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMaple—
2Middle Englishmapel—
3Old Englishmapultrēow—
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
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