English

felonwood

From felon + wood; see felonwort.

A compound of felon + wood

Early Medieval Latin fellōnem

Old French felon ‘bad, evil, immoral’

Middle English feloun

English felon

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Today it means

noun Synonym of felonwort (“Solanum dulcamara”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / felonwood