Where does “oaks” come from?

Oaks derives from Middle English ook, Old English āc, Proto-Germanic aiks, Latin apium, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.

oaks (English): plural of oak

Definitions

  1. plural of oak

Ancestry of “oaks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoakA deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed...
2Middle EnglishakeAlternative form of ac; Alternative form of ache
3Old Englishācoak; oaken ship
4Proto-West Germanicakbut
5Proto-Germanicakbut, however
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →