Olive etymology

English

English word olive comes from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom, Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om, and later Latin oliva ((poetic) an olive branch. An olive (fruit). An olive tree.)

Etymology of olive

Detailed word origin of olive

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*loiwom Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*loiu̯om Proto-Indo-European (ine)
ἐλαία Ancient Greek (grc)
oliva Latin (lat) (poetic) an olive branch. An olive (fruit). An olive tree.
olive Old French (fro) Olive tree Olive.
olive English (en) (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.. (cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.. An evergreen [...]

Words with the same origin as olive

Descendants of *loiwom

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