English
accoma
Accoma may come from Haitian Creole accoma ‘agree’.
- Haitian Creolemodernaccoma‘agree’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1802same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Haitian Creolemodernaccoma‘agree’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1802same form
Earliest quotation: 1802, Ducœurjoly quoted by Pierre Rézeau: “Accoma, n. m., a large tree suitable for building,…”
Every English word from Haitian Creole accoma
Today it means
noun A large tree, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, (possibly native to the island of Hispaniola); also, the very hard wood harvested from it, used especially for shipbuilding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Haitian Creole accoma / accoma