Where does “pinecone” come from?
pinecone (English) comes from English pine, from Middle English pyne, from Old English pine, from Proto-Germanic *pīnā.
pinecone (English): The seed-bearing conical fruit of a pine tree
Definitions
- The seed-bearing conical fruit of a pine tree
Ancestry of “pinecone”, step by step
pinecone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pine | Any coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any... |
| 2 | Middle English | pyne | A painful punishment; torture |
| 3 | Old English | pine | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *pīnā | — |
via English Cone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Cone | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line |
| 2 | Middle English | cone | — |
Words derived from “pinecone”