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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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ivy OE.
īfiġ, obscurely rel. to OHG.
ebah and the first el. of MLG.
iflōf,
iwlōf, LG., Du.
eilof (enlarged with the word
LEAF), and OHG.
ebahewi, MHG.
ebehöu,
ephöu, G.
efeu (enlarged with the word
HAY); of unkn. orig.
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ivy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
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