agalloch
noun
agal·loch
ə-ˈga-lək,
ˈa-gə-ˌläk
variants or less commonly agallochum
ə-ˈga-lə-kəm
plural -s
: agarwood
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Greek agálachon, agállochon (Dioscorides), borrowed by uncertain mediation from an Indo-Aryan source akin to Sanskrit aguruḥ, agaruḥ, probably borrowed from a Dravidian source (whence Tamil & Malayalam akil, name for Aquilaria malaccensis)
First Known Use
1543, in the meaning defined above
- countersigning
- countersigns
- countersink
- countersinker
- countersinking
- countersinks
- counterslope
- countersniper
- countersnipers
- counterspell
- counterspells
- counterspies
- counterspy
- counterstain
- counterstained
- counterstaining
- counterstains
- counterstamp
- counterstated
- counterstatement
- counterstatements
- counterstates
- counterstating
- counterstep
- counterstepped