Where does “nabe” come from?

nabe (Louisiana Creole) comes from French arbre, from Old French arbre, from Latin arbor, from Latin arbos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

nabe (Louisiana Creole): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “nabe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharbretree; axle; drive shaft
2Old Frencharbretree
3Latinarbora tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the...
4LatinarbosAlternative form of arbor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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