maple

See also: Maple

English

striped maple Acer pensylvanicum

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Etymology

From Old English mapultrēow and mapulder, from Proto-Germanic *mapulaz (compare Old Saxon mapulder, Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra; Old Norse möpurr, Middle Low German mapeldorn, dialectal Dutch meppel, German Masseller, Maßholder), perhaps a blend of *masuraz 'knob; maple-tree' (compare Old Norse mösurr 'maple', Low German/German Maser (“knob, offshoot”) and *apulaz (“apple”) (see apple), from *masam 'lump, knob' (compare obsolete German Mase (“scar”), modern Maser (“speck, measle”).[1][2] More at measles.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪpl̩/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Noun

maple (countable and uncountable, plural maples)

  1. A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
  2. The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

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References

  1. ↑ Friedrich Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, s.v. "Maser" (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2002).
  2. ↑ Francis A. Wood, "Germanic Etymologies", Modern Philology (University of Chicago Press, January 1914), 1.

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