Where does “maun” come from?

maun (Turkish) comes from French mahagoni, from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

maun (Turkish): mahogany, any tree of the species Swietenia mahagoni and its valuable wood used to make furniture

Definitions

  1. mahogany, any tree of the species Swietenia mahagoni and its valuable wood used to make furniture

Ancestry of “maun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmahagoni—
2EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
3Spanishmahoganimahogany
4Island Caribmagamahogany
Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →