Where does “tree sap” come from?

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

tree sap (English): The fluid that circulates within the phloem of a tree to distribute water and nutrients

Definitions

  1. The fluid that circulates within the phloem of a tree to distribute water and nutrients

Ancestry of “tree sap”, step by step

tree sap 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 tree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreeA perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one
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