dryad

Evelyn De Morgan, The Dryad, 1884–1885

Meaning

Noun

A female tree spirit.

Origin

From Old French driade ("wood nymph"), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς ("dryad"), from δρῦς, from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- ("tree, wood"); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru ("tree").

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