Where does “mangrove” come from?

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

mangrove (Norwegian Bokmål): mangrove tree or forest

Definitions

  1. mangrove tree or forest

Ancestry of “mangrove”, 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 →