taxus

Significado (Inglés)

1. (declension-2, feminine) A yew (tree).
2. (declension-2, feminine, poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree.

Conceptos

tejo

madera de tejo

Traducciones

if

Eibe

yew

teix

venijnboom

teixo

tasso

τάξος

taxus

yew-tree

porsuğu

javelin

Taxus

bois d’if

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈtak.sʊs]

Etimología (Inglés)

A loanword of Scythian origin, from Proto-Iranian *taxša, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flee, run”), as the fruit was considered poisonous. Also compare modern Persian تخش (taxš, “crossbow”).