English

alumroot

From alum + root.

A compound of alum + root

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- ‘beer’

Latin alūmen

Anglo-Norman alum

Middle English alym ‘any alum, especially potash alum’

English alum

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’

Old Norse rót ‘root’

Old English rōt ‘root’

Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’

English root

Today it means

noun Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Heuchera, native to North America.

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Etymograph / alumroot