dryad

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*derew(o)-“tree, wood”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΔρυάς“dryad”
3. Latin · derived fromDryas, Dryadis
4. Old French · derived fromdriade“wood nymph”
5. English todaydryad

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).