Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greekσῡκόμορος (sykómoros) meaning 'fig-mulberry'.
Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:
Acer pseudoplatanus, a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa