Etymograph

English

maitake

Maitake comes from Japanese 舞茸.

  1. Japanesemodern舞茸maitake
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007maitake

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern舞茸maitake
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007maitake

Earliest quotation: 2007, Stephen Regenold, Hot on the Trail of the Edible Fungi in Illinois: “Truffles, maitake, matsutake, king boletes, shiitake and dozens of…”

Every English word from Japanese 舞茸

Today it means

noun Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.

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Etymograph / Japanese 舞茸 / maitake

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