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