sycomore
English
Etymology
Obsolete spelling of sycamore that hearkens closer to the word's Greek roots. Some writers have used the more Hellenic sycomore when referring to the Biblical tree to distinguish it from other trees now called sycamore.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪkəmɔː(ɹ)/
- Homophone: sycamore
Noun
sycomore (plural sycomores)
- A type of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to the Middle East; the sycamore tree of the Bible.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings 10:27:
- And the king made siluer to be in Ierusalem as stones, and Cedars made he to be as the Sycomore trees, that are in the vale for abundance.
- 1873, Henry Baker Tristram, The Natural History of the Bible, page 398:
- The Sycomore was and is one of the common trees of Egypt, and its wood was employed for the manufacture of mummy cases, and for doors, boxes, and all articles of furniture. […] So valuable was this tree that David appointed a special overseer “over the olive trees and sycomore trees that were in the low plains” (1 Chron. xxvii. 28) […]
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Synonyms
- fig-mulberry
- sycamore fig
- sycomore fig
See also
- sycamore
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “sycamore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Noun
sycomore f (plural sycomores)
- sycomore
Further reading
- “sycomore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
sycomore
- vocative singular of sycomorus