Where does “cyprès chauve” come from?

cyprès chauve (French) comes from French cyprès, from Old French cipres, from Latin cypressus, from Latin cupressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος — cypress; its wood, used as timber.

cyprès chauve (French): bald cypress

Definitions

  1. bald cypress

Ancestry of “cyprès chauve”, step by step

cyprès chauve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cyprès

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcyprèscypress
2Old Frenchcipres—
3Latincypressus—
4Latincupressuscypress
5Ancient Greekκυπάρισσοςcypress; its wood, used as timber

via French chauve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchauveBald; devoid of hair; "often used substantively";...
2Latincalvusbald, hairless
3Proto-Italickalowos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklh₂wósbald
Every word from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος →Every word from Latin cupressus →Every word from Latin cypressus →