English

fevertwig

fever + twig

A compound of fever + twig

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’

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Proto-Italic *feɣʷris

Latin febris ‘a fever’

Old English fefer

Middle English fever

English fever

Proto-West Germanic *twiggu ‘small twig, shoot’

Old English twigg

Middle English twig

English twig

Today it means

noun Synonym of bittersweet (“the plant Solanum dulcamara”).

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

Etymograph / fevertwig