English
guayacan
Guayacan comes from Spanish guayacán ‘any tree of the genus Guaiacum’, and goes back to Taíno waiacan.
- Taínomodernwaiacan
- Spanishc. 1500–presentguayacán‘any tree of the genus Guaiacum’
- Englishtodayguayacan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Taínomodernwaiacan
- Spanishc. 1500–presentguayacán‘any tree of the genus Guaiacum’
- Englishtodayguayacan
Every English word from Taíno waiacan
Today it means
noun in genus Guaiacum (lignum vitae)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Taíno waiacan / guayacan