fagus

Meaning

beech tree

Concepts

beech

beech tree

Haya

European beech

fagus

beechtree

beech wood

Translations

Buche

haya

hêtre

faggio

beuk

kayın

faig

faia

οξιά

زَان

مُرَّان

οξυά

fayard

fau

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfaː.ɡʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”), same source as English beech, Russian бузина́ (buziná, “elder”), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”).