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quercus.

oak, oak-tree; oak wood/timber/object; oak leaf garland (honor); sea-oak;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʷɛr.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷɛr.kus]
  1. an oak, oak-tree, especially an Italian oak (Quercus frainetto)

    declension-2 · declension-4
  2. something made from oak wood (e.g., an oaken ship, an oaken javelin, etc.)

    declension-2 · declension-4 · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kʷerkus, assimilated from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). See also English fir.

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