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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ebenbaum

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Ebenbaum
Friedrich Kluge2506739An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — Ebenbaum1891John Francis Davis

Ebenbaum, m., ‘ebony-tree,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and late OHG. ebênus, adopted as a foreign word (still declined after the Lat. method in OHG.) from Lat. ebenus (Gr. ἔβενος).