The Scots pine, symbol of life, longevity and immortality
Does the Latin name of the Scots pine come from the Celtic pinus which means mountain, rock, as stated by Alexandre Etienne Guillaume “de” Théis in 1810, or does it come from the Latin pinus , itself related to the ancient Greek pitus , pitta , for pine, resin as Félix Gaffiot thinks in his famous French Latin Dictionary of 1934? One thing is indisputable, it lives in forests, which justifies its Latin qualifier sylvestris , a term derived from another Latin word, silva , for forest. A little history Mythical tree in the Far East, it symbolizes life, longevity and immortality . In Scotland, it rises to the rank of national tree . For centuries, pine has been used for its therapeutic...
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