sicamor

Old French

Etymology

Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros, “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “mulberry”).

Noun

sicamor m (oblique plural sicamors, nominative singular sicamors, nominative plural sicamor)

sycamore (tree)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':
  Dessoz l'onbre d'un sicamor
  Under the shade of a sycamore

Descendants

English: sycamore (borrowed)
French: sycomore

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