Etymograph

English

casuarina

Casuarina comes from Malay kasuari ‘cassowary’.

  1. Malaymodernkasuari‘cassowary’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938casuarina

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Malaymodernkasuari‘cassowary’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938casuarina

Earliest quotation: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent: “Lower down, in a little reach of the lagoon…”

Linked words

through Malay kasuari ‘cassowary’

cassowary

Today it means

noun Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.

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

Etymograph / Malay kasuari / casuarina

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