Etymology

dryas

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Today it means: Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant Full definition →

translingual Dryas ← Latin Dryas ← Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς
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dryas · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΔρῠᾰ́ς
  2. Latin · borrowed fromDryas
  3. translingual · borrowed fromDryas
  4. English todaydryas

Borrowed from translingual Dryas for the plants, from both Latin Dryas and Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Drŭắs), derived from δρῦς (drûs, “tree, oak”). The second definition comes from the large quantity of pollen from the plant that is found in ice cores dating from these periods.

Dryas · noun2

Named after the wildflower Dryas octopetala, fossils of which dated to approximately the Younger Dryas period are common in parts of Europe.

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