wort

English

/wɜːt/, /wɝt/

noun
Definitions
  • (archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.
  • Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wort (plant, brewing wort) inherited from Old English wyrt (plant, herb, vegetable, root, crop) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, *wrōts inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (root).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wréh₂ds

Gloss

root

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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