álamo

Uncertain origin. Possibly from Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 (*alms), or an alteration of Latin alnus (“alder”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.mu/, /ˈa.lɐ.mu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.mo/, /ˈa.lɐ.mo/

álamo m (plural álamos)

1. poplar (any of the trees in the genus Populus)

• choupo

• alameda
• alamedado
• alamedar

From Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 (*alms, “elm, elm-like trees”), related to Old Norse almr (“elm”), from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Possibly influenced by Celtiberian: see also Asturian llamera; akin to Irish leamhán (“elm”), Welsh llwyf (“elm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalamo/

álamo m (plural álamos)

1. white poplar (tree)
2. white poplar (wood)

• Álamo
• alameda

• “álamo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.