English

gentianwort

gentian + wort

A compound of gentian + wort

Latin gentiāna

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 A plant of species Tachiadenus carinatus.

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

Etymograph / gentianwort