English
Strickland's gum
From Strickland + -'s + gum, a calque of translingual Eucalyptus stricklandii.
Formed from Strickland + -'s + gum
Old English stirc ‘bullock’
English Strickland
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, yawn’
Proto-Germanic *gaumô ‘palate’
Proto-West Germanic *gōmō
Old English gōma ‘palate’
Middle English gom
English gum
Today it means
noun Eucalyptus stricklandii, a species of small eucalyptus or gum tree endemic to western Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Strickland's gum