Etymology

tule

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Today it means: Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus Full definition →

Spanish tule ← Classical Nahuatl tōllin
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromtōllin“bulrush, sedge”
  2. Spanish · derived fromtule
  3. English todaytule

From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishtule all →

Tulare

Classical Nahuatltōllin all →

Tulare

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