ivy

Ivy growing near and climbing up trees.

Meaning

Noun

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Narrower meaning words

  • See Hedera.

Broader meaning words

Origin

  • From Middle English ivi, from Old English īfiġ, from Proto-West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *ibahs (compare West Flemish iefte, Low German Eiloov, Ieloof, German Efeu), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (compare Welsh efwr, Ancient Greek ἴφυον).

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