English
fingerwort
From finger + wort.
Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’
Proto-West Germanic *fingr
Old English finger
Middle English fynger ‘a finger’
English finger
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘a root’
Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘a root’
Proto-West Germanic *wurti ‘a root’
Old English wyrt ‘a plant’
Middle English wort ‘any herb or plant’
English wort
Today it means
noun Any liverwort in the genera Lepidozia or Kunzia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fingerwort