English
hinoki
Hinoki comes from Japanese 檜.
- Japanesemodern檜hinoki
- Englishearliest quotation 1989hinoki
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Japanesemodern檜hinoki
- Englishearliest quotation 1989hinoki
Earliest quotation: 1989, Arnold Arboretum, Peter Del Tredici: “The large hinokis are repotted every four to five…”
Every English word from Japanese 檜
Today it means
noun A tree (species Chamaecyparis obtusa), the Japanese cypress.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 檜 / hinoki