Where does “pinesap” come from?

pinesap (English) comes from English sap, from French saper, from French sape, from Old French sappe, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

pinesap (English): A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers

Definitions

  1. A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers

Ancestry of “pinesap”, step by step

pinesap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsapThe juice of plants of any kind, especially the...
2Frenchsaperto sap, do sapping work on; to erode, wear down,...
3Frenchsapea small scythe; hoe, mattock; fashion, style
4Old Frenchsappe—
5Latinsappaa sort of mattock

via English pine

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