c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse m?purr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.
例文
1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.
初期の定住者は雲杉、楓、松で屋根を建てた。
2.It 's made of maple .
カエデの木でできています。
3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.
カエデシロップは、カエデ糖から抽出された樹液から作られています。
4. Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.