elm

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.

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”).

Synonyms

elm tree

elmwood

Ulmaceae

Ulmus pumila

American elm

rock elm