Etymology

brazilwood

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Today it means: A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments. Full definition →

English wood ← Middle English wode ← Old English wudu
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latin*brasa
  2. Old Galician-Portuguesebrasa
  3. Portuguesebrasa
  4. Portuguesebrasil
  5. PortugueseTerra do Brasilellip.
  6. PortugueseBrasil
  7. PortugueseBrazi
  8. EnglishBrazil
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
  14. Proto-Germanic*widuz
  15. Proto-West Germanic*widu
  16. Old Englishwidu
  17. Old Englishwudu
  18. Middle Englishwode
  19. Englishwood
  20. English todaybrazilwood

From Brazil + wood.

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