Where does “mangrove” come from?

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

mangrove (Italian): plural of mangrova

Definitions

  1. plural of mangrova

Ancestry of “mangrove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmangrovaAlternative form of mangrovia
2FrenchmangroveA mangrove forest
3EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
4Englishmangrow—
5Portuguesemanguemangrove
6Spanishmanglemangrove
Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →