Etymograph

English

almondwood

From almond + wood.

A compound of almond + wood

Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη

Latin amygdala ‘almond tree’

Vulgar Latin *amendla

Old French almande

Middle English almond ‘an almond (tree nut)’

English almond

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Today it means

noun The wood of the almond tree.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / almondwood