English
lentiscus
Lentiscus comes from Latin lentiscus ‘the mastic-tree’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentiscus‘the mastic-tree’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentiscus‘the mastic-tree’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lentos ‘soft, smooth, pliant’
through Latin lentus ‘flexible, pliant’
Today it means
noun The mastic-tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lentiscus / lentiscus