See also: Taxus

Dutch

edit
 
Taxus baccata

Etymology

edit

From Latin taxus.

Pronunciation

edit
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

taxus m (plural taxussen, diminutive taxusje n)

  1. (broadly) any plant of genus Taxus
  2. (in particular) yew (Taxus baccata)
    Synonyms: venijnboom, (dialectal) ijf

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit

Latin

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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).[1]

Noun

edit

taxus f (genitive taxī); second declension

  1. A yew (tree).
  2. (poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree.
Declension
edit

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative taxus taxī
genitive taxī taxōrum
dative taxō taxīs
accusative taxum taxōs
ablative taxō taxīs
vocative taxe taxī
Derived terms
edit
Descendants
edit
  • Asturian: texu
  • Catalan: teix
  • French: taxacées
  • Italian: tasso
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Spanish: tejo
  • Venetan: taso
  • ? Esperanto: taksuso
  • Translingual: Taxus

Etymology 2

edit

From Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (badger), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (construct) after the badger's construction of its setts. However see also Gaulish taksos (Delamarre, 2003).

Alternative forms

edit

Noun

edit

taxus m (genitive taxī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) badger
Declension
edit

Second-declension noun.

Descendants
edit

See also descendants at taxō.

References

edit
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Toxic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  NODES
Note 1