Etymograph

English

Nullarbor

Nullarbor comes from Latin nulla arbor ‘no tree’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnulla arbor‘no tree’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998Nullarbor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnulla arbor‘no tree’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998Nullarbor

Earliest quotation: 1998, Monica M. Grady, Robert Hutchison: “The arrested karst topography of the Nullarbor is considered…”

Every English word from Latin nulla arbor

Today it means

name A locality defined by the South Australian government, covering a large area of western South Australia, bordering on Western Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Trans-Australian Railway.

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Etymograph / Latin nulla arbor / Nullarbor

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