Where does “mangrovo” come from?

mangrovo (Esperanto) comes from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.

mangrovo (Esperanto): mangrove

Definitions

  1. mangrove

Ancestry of “mangrovo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
2Englishmangrow—
3Portuguesemanguemangrove
4Spanishmanglemangrove
Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →
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