oaken.
Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
Meaning & usage
Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).
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