English
Maile
Maile comes from Hawaiian Maile ‘maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine’.
- HawaiianmodernMaile‘maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernMaile‘maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
Earliest quotation: 2002, Matthew Engel, The King is alive: “Over at the unofficial Memories of Elvis store are…”
Every English word from Hawaiian Maile
Another origin of Maile
- Germanc. 1650–presentMaile
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
name A female given name from Hawaiian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Maile / Maile