Where does “trees” come from?

trees (English) comes from English tree, from Middle English tre — A tree or a plant that resembles one.

trees (English): plural of tree; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of tree; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “trees”, step by step

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