Where does “mangrove” come from?

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

mangrove (Swedish): mangrove

Definitions

  1. mangrove

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 →
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