acacia
Dutch (Brabantic)
/aːˈkaː.si.aː/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia, is believed to belong to this genus, or once belonged to the genus. In practice it will refer to Robinia pseudoacacia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acacia (acacia) derived from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (shittah tree) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp, pointed, edgy).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eḱ-
Gloss
sharp, pointed, edgy
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acacia English
- acetic English
- acicular English
- acid English
- acne English
- acrimonious English
- acrimony English
- acrobat English
- acrylic English
- exacerbate English
- oxide English
- acacia Latin
- acaciifolius Latin
- acer Latin
- acerbātus Latin
- acervus Latin
- acetum Latin
- acia Latin
- acies Latin
- aciēs Latin
- acumen Latin
- acuo Latin
- acus Latin
- acuō Latin
- acācia Latin
- acūmen Latin
- acūta Latin
- acūtus Latin
- exacum Latin
- mediocris Latin
- mediocritās Latin
- occa Latin
- ācris Latin
- Akazie German
- acacia Italian
- acciaiare Italian
- acciaiatura Italian
- acciaiolo Italian
- cacume Italian
- cacuminale Italian
- gaggia Italian
- acacia French
- acerbité French
- acacia Spanish, Castilian
- παρακονάω Ancient Greek
- παροξυσμός Ancient Greek
- ἀκή Ancient Greek
- ἀκίς Ancient Greek
- ἀκακία Ancient Greek
- ἀκαχμένος Ancient Greek
- ἀκμή Ancient Greek
- ἀκτή Ancient Greek
- ἀκωκή Ancient Greek
- ἀκόνη Ancient Greek
- ἄκαινα Ancient Greek
- ἄκρον Ancient Greek
- ἄκρος Ancient Greek
- ἄστυ Ancient Greek
- ὀξυόεις Ancient Greek
- ὀξύμωρος Ancient Greek
- ὀξύς Ancient Greek
- *aḱanā Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂egʷs-ih₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ-l- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱ-l-, *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱmoros Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱst- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱstis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂oḱetis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éḱmō Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éḱru Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éḱru, *aḱr(u) Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂óḱris Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- akasie Norwegian Bokmål
- *agjō Proto-Germanic
- *ahaz Proto-Germanic
- *ahsą Proto-Germanic
- *akwisī Proto-Germanic
- *burzô Proto-Germanic
- アカシア Japanese
- akasie Norwegian Nynorsk
- ateggjan Old Norse
- eggjan Old Norse
- áeggjan Old Norse
- ǫgr Old Norse
- *ostrъ Proto-Slavic
- *osьla̋ Proto-Slavic
- aguillete Old French
- acacia Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ašs Latvian
- akacie Albanian
- aiguillette Middle French
- aghborre Old Swedish
- *akēō Proto-Italic
- *(a)tsāna Proto-Albanian
- *akˢka Proto-Albanian
- *atˢa Proto-Albanian
- *aϑ- Proto-Albanian
- *akstis Proto-Balto-Slavic
- akwam Tocharian B
- akwatse Tocharian B
- āk Tocharian B
- āka Tocharian B
- āśce Tocharian B
- 𒄀𒈾 Sumerian
- *aśras bat-pro