English
fustic
Fustic comes from Middle French fustec.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fustec
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fustik
- Englishearliest quotation 1719fustic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fustec
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fustik
- Englishearliest quotation 1719fustic
Earliest quotation: 1719, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Cruso: “[…]nor can I tell to this day what wood…”
Every English word from Middle French fustec
Today it means
noun A tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French fustec / fustic