Where does “pinery” come from?

pinery (English) comes from English pine, from Middle English pyne, from Old English pine, from Proto-Germanic *pīnā.

pinery (English): A hothouse or area used as a plantation for the...

Definitions

  1. A hothouse or area used as a plantation for the...

Ancestry of “pinery”, step by step

pinery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpineAny coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any...
2Middle EnglishpyneA painful punishment; torture
3Old Englishpine—
4Proto-Germanic*pīnā—

via English ery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishery—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *pīnā →Every word from Old English pine →Every word from Middle English pyne →