elm

Meaning

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
2. (attributive, uncountable, usually) Wood from an elm tree.

Synonyms

elm tree

elmwood

Ulmaceae

Ulmus pumila

American elm

rock elm

Translations

olmo

orme

Ulme

olmo

iep

olmo

olm

om

ulmeiro

ulmus

φτελιά

λεύκα

karaağaç

Ulmus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛlm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: elme

Inherited from Old English: elm

Cognate with Low German: Elm

Cognate with German: Ilm

Cognate with German: Ilme

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: alm

Cognate with Irish: leamh

Cognate with Latin: ulmus

Cognate with Albanian: ulzë

In summary

From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).
See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).