Where does “เมเปิล” come from?
เมเปิล (Thai) comes from English Maple, from Middle English mapel, from Old English mapultrēow, from Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic treu, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
เมเปิล (Thai): maple tree
Definitions
- maple tree
Ancestry of “เมเปิล”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maple | A small tree, Acer campestre, known as the common maple, field maple, or hedge maple, which has palmate leaves with five lobes and winged seeds, and is chiefly native to East Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America |
| 2 | Middle English | mapel | maple tree or wood |
| 3 | Old English | mapultrēow | a maple tree |
| 4 | Old English | trēow | tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | treu | tree; wood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 7 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |