tree

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches, and leaves.

   We sat in the shade of a big oak tree.

2. 2
   noun

   A diagram that branches out from a single starting point.

   She drew a family tree going back five generations.

Common collocations

• climb a tree Verb + noun
• cut down a tree Verb + noun
• decorate a tree Verb + noun
• plant a tree Verb + noun
• bare tree Adjective + noun
• fallen tree Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree PIE word *dóru From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true. Cognates Cognate with Dutch te…

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