English
madrone
Madrone comes from Spanish madroño ‘strawberry tree’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmadroño‘strawberry tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993madrone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentmadroño‘strawberry tree’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993madrone
Earliest quotation: 1993, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan: “Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road…”
Every English word from Spanish madroño
Today it means
noun A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish madroño / madrone