Oleaster
/ˌoʊ.liˈæs.tər/noun
A wild olive tree or shrub, especially one that bears small, inferior fruit.
Did you know?Oleaster comes from Latin oleaster, meaning a wild olive, built from olea (“olive”) plus the suffix -aster, which often marked a lesser or wild version of something.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
oleaster
“a wild olive tree”
Late Latin
Latin
olea
“olive tree; olive fruit”
Ancient Greek
Greek
elaia
“olive tree; olive fruit”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*elaiw-
“olive tree; olive fruit”
Modern English
English
oleaster
“a wild olive or similar shrub”
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