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tamarack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
tama-rack
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Wood from such a tree.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Canadian French tamarac, believed to derive from an Algonquian word. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tamaracks (plural)

Synonyms

American larch weeping hemlock hackmatack black larch tamarak tacamahac larix laricina

Questions

What does tamarack mean?
Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.
Where does tamarack come from?
From Canadian French tamarac, believed to derive from an Algonquian word. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover.

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