English

gallbush

From gall + bush.

A compound of gall + bush

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’

Proto-Germanic *gallǭ ‘gall, bile’

Proto-West Germanic *gallā

Old English ġealla ‘gall bladder’

Middle English galle

English gall

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

noun The large gallberry plant (Ilex coriacea).

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

Etymograph / gallbush