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Where does “tree” come from?

Tree comes from Middle English tre, from Proto-Germanic trewwō, from Proto-Indo-European dóru, meaning wood or tree.

tree (English): A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...

Definitions

  1. A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...

Ancestry of “tree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one

Words derived from “tree”

  • treebeard
  • treeless
  • subtree
  • treetop
  • treehouse
  • quadtree
  • octree
  • treelike
  • rooftree
  • treelined
  • treeling
  • treebank
  • supertree
  • treewidth
  • singletree
  • firtree
  • hypertree
  • treemap
  • planetree
  • peachtree
  • nontree
  • crosstree
  • doubletree
  • tuliptree
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