Etymology

pallisander

P3A1L1L1I1S1A1N1D2E1R1

Today it means: a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany, mostly from species of Dalbergia and Pterocarpus, as well as Machaerium Full definition →

French palissandre
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · derived frompalissandre
  2. English todaypallisander

French palissandre.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.