abele

noun

əˈbēl,

əˈbāl,

ˈābəl

plural -s

: white poplar sense 1a

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Dutch abeel, going back to Middle Dutch abeel, aubeel, borrowed from Old French (Walloon) abeal, going back to Vulgar Latin *albellus, alteration (by suffix substitution) of Latin albulus "whitish, pale," derivative of albus "white"

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

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