English word olive comes from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom, Proto-Indo-European *loiu̯om, and later Latin oliva ((poetic) an olive branch. An olive (fruit). An olive tree.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*loiwom | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*loiu̯om | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
ἐλαία | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
oliva | Latin (lat) | (poetic) an olive branch. An olive (fruit). An olive tree. |
olive | Old French (fro) | Olive tree Olive. |
olive | English (en) | (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.. (cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.. An evergreen [...] |