cedre
Middle English
/ˈsɛːdrə/
noun
Definitions
- Lebanon cedar taxlink or a similar tree.
- The wood of the Lebanon cedar or a similar tree.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cedre derived from Latin cedrus (cedar, prickly cedar, cedar-oil, juniper) derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (cedar, juniper, juniper tree, applied to species of Juniperus and similar trees, cedar-oil).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κέδρος
Gloss
cedar, juniper, juniper tree, applied to species of Juniperus and similar trees, cedar-oil
Kanji
杉
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cedar English
- cedarbird English
- cedared English
- cedarlike English
- cedarn English
- cedarwood English
- cedary English
- cedrene English
- cedrium Latin
- cedrus Latin
- citrum Latin
- citrum, citrus Latin
- citrus Latin
- cédrus Hungarian
- cèdre French
- κέδρινος Ancient Greek
- κέδρος Ancient Greek
- κεδρίς Ancient Greek
- κεδρελάτη Ancient Greek
- *ked- Proto-Indo-European
- seder Norwegian Bokmål
- seder Norwegian Nynorsk
- cedretum Old Norse
- cedre Old French
- cedre Catalan, Valencian
- cedru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cēdar Old High German
- cèdre Norman
- *ceder Old Dutch