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Tree — American Heritage Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Is tree the literal ancestor of true?
No. Tree and true share the reconstructed *deru- family but travel through different Germanic formations and different senses.
Etymology: Old English trēow in the tree branchSupplies the tree ancestry.
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EDGE 708contextestablished
tree → tree
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern tree continues the Middle English plant noun through regular English spelling and sound history.
- MEANING
- The woody plant remains central while branching diagrams and structures develop as extensions.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Headword etymologyIndependently supplies the inherited tree noun.
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