sicamour

Middle English

Alternative forms

secomoure, segamore, sicamor, sicomore, sicomour, sikamour, sycamour, sycamoure, sycomor, sycomour, sycomowre, sykamoure

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siːkaˈmuːr/, /siːkaˈmoːr/, /sik-/

Noun

sicamour

sycamore (Ficus sycomorus)
(rare) The wood or fruit of this tree.

Descendants

English: sycamore, sycomore
Scots: sycamore

References

“sī̆camǒur(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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