oak

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large tree with strong wood and seeds called acorns.

   An old oak stood at the edge of the field.

2. 2
   noun

   The hard, strong wood from this tree.

   The table was made of solid oak.

3. 3
   adj

   Made of the wood of the oak tree.

   They bought a heavy oak table for the dining room.

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Simplified etymology

Oak is an Old English word. Its Germanic name is related to Latin aesculus, which denoted a species of oak sacred to the Roman god Jupiter.

Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, ake, yik (“oak”), North Frisian iake, iik (“oak”), Saterland Frisian Eeke (“oak”), West Frisian iik (“oak”), Cimbrian aicha, oach (“oak”), Dutch eik (“oak”), German Eiche (“oak”), Luxembourgish Eech (“oak”), Vilamovian aach, aeh́, ǡh́ (“oak”), Danish eg (“oak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk eik (“oak”), Norwegian Bokmål eik, ek (“oak”), Swedish ek (“oa…

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