aesculus

Meaning

the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter

Concepts

oak

oak tree

Synonyms

quercus

Translations

بلوط

roure

-

δρυς

βαλανιδιά

chêne

quercia

eik

eikeboom

casse

carvalho

roble

meşe

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈae̯s.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Etymology

Etymology unclear. By surface analysis, seemingly a diminutive form ending in -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”), or from a Mediterranean substrate, though the presence of a Germanic cognate is surprising. Compare English oak, Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”).