Etymograph

English

kafferboom

Kafferboom comes from Afrikaans kafferboom ‘coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra’.

  1. Afrikaansmodernkafferboom‘coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Afrikaansmodernkafferboom‘coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra

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

Etymograph / Afrikaans kafferboom / kafferboom