Where does “mangrove” come from?

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

mangrove (Norwegian Nynorsk): 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

Words derived from “mangrove”

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