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durmast oak

noun

Etymology

Superficially a compound of durmast + oak, but the origin of durmast is unclear and possibly a result of scribal error. The first edition Oxford English Dictionary suggests that Thomas Martyn's dictionary for gardeners and botanists (1798) originated the word through misreading dun mast ("light-brown acorn"), an interpretation also suggested by some earlier works going back to at least 1836, although a connection to Welsh derw (“oaks”) has also been suggested.

  1. derived from *h₂eyǵ-✻ — “oak”
  2. inherited from *aiks✻ — “oak”
  3. inherited from *aik✻
  4. inherited from aac
  5. inherited from ake
  6. compounded as durmast oak — “durmast + oak”

Definitions

  1. A tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak.

  2. Wood of the tree.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA