(élaion 'olive oil'). The word for 'oil' in multiple other languages ultimately derives from the name of this tree and its fruit. The oldest attested forms of the Greek words are Mycenaean ???, e-ra-wa, and ???, e-ra-wo or ???, e-rai-wo, written in the Linear B syllabic script.

Description

The olive tree, Olea europaea, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to Mediterranean Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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