The corpus record — Latin

aesculus

kind of oak-tree

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What it meant

1. aesculus — de Vaan

aesculus 'kind of oak-tree' [f. o] (Varro+) IE cognates: perhaps Gr. αίγίλωψ 'haver-grass, Turkey oak', PGm, *aik- 'oak'. The form and function of the suffix, if PIE, are unclear. It is possibly a substratum word, maybe Mediterranean, although in that case the presence of a Germanic cognate is surprising. BibL: WH 1: 20, EM 13, IEW 13. + + + — [de Vaan, s.v. aesculus, p. 42]

2. aescŭlus — Lewis & Short

aescŭlus (not esc-), i, f.may be connected with edo = to eat, as fagus = beech, fhgo/s = oak, with fagei=n, but the diphthong presents a difficulty; v. Georg Curtius p. 187,

I the tallest species of oak, the winter or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter, Verg. G. 2, 16; 291; ef. Voss. ad h. l.: nec mollior aesculo, Hor. C. 3, 10, 17 al.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. aesculus (scan p. 42; entry #17). Root candidates: *aik-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. aesculus (scan p. 37; entry #244).

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