"hackmatack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hackmatacks [plural]
Etymology: Believed to derive from Abenaki, though no specific etymon has been found. The term is first attested in the 1760s–90s, when it was spelled hakmantak and referred to dense forest. 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. Compare the late 19th century German Low German term Hackemtackem (“tacamahac (medicinal resin)”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|abe|-}} Abenaki, {{m|en|tacamahac}} tacamahac, {{der|en|alg-pro|*-a·xkw-||hardwood or deciduous tree}} Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), {{m|en|tamarack}} tamarack, {{m|en||hackmatack}} hackmatack, {{cog|nds-de|-}} German Low German, {{m|nds-de|Hackemtackem||tacamahac (medicinal resin)}} Hackemtackem (“tacamahac (medicinal resin)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hackmatack (plural hackmatacks)
  1. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina. Synonyms (larch): tamarack, tacamahac
    Sense id: en-hackmatack-en-noun-mmY2CLEG Disambiguation of 'larch': 94 6
  2. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera. Categories (lifeform): Conifers, Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-hackmatack-en-noun-UzWfHm8a Disambiguation of Conifers: 32 68 Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78

Inflected forms

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