Where does “mangrove” come from?

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

mangrove (French): A mangrove forest

Definitions

  1. A mangrove forest

Ancestry of “mangrove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
2Englishmangrow—
3Portuguesemanguemangrove
4Spanishmanglemangrove

Words derived from “mangrove”

Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →