sicamor

sicamor

1. Alternative form of sicamour

From Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros, “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “mulberry”).

sicamor oblique singular, m (oblique plural sicamors, nominative singular sicamors, nominative plural sicamor)

1. sycamore (tree)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Dessoz l'onbre d'un sicamor

     Under the shade of a sycamore

• French: sycomore
• → Middle English: sicamour
  • English: sycamore, sycomore
  • Scots: sycamore