taxus

(Inglese)

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈtak.sʊs]

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).

Concetti

tasso

àlbero della mòrte

Traduzioni

if

Eibe

yew

tejo

teix

teixo

venijnboom

cis

τάξος

taxus

yew-tree

porsuğu

javelin

Taxus

bois d’if