Where does “sequoia” come from?

sequoia (Portuguese) comes from English sequoia, from taxonomic name Sequoia.

sequoia (Portuguese): redwood

Definitions

  1. redwood

Ancestry of “sequoia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsequoia"Sequoiadendron giganteum", a coniferous...
2taxonomic nameSequoia—
Every word from taxonomic name Sequoia →Every word from English sequoia →
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