English
tamaric
Tamaric comes from Latin tamarīx ‘tamarisk’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtamarīxas tamarice‘tamarisk’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650tamaric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtamarīxas tamarice‘tamarisk’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650tamaric
Earliest quotation: 1650, Douay–Rheims Bible: “He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’
contempt, atom, epitome, tome, templar, tempestuous, toma, dichotomous, 34 more
through Proto-Indo-European *temH- ‘dark’
Today it means
noun A shrub or tree, perhaps the tamarisk or some kind of heath.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tamarīx / tamaric