English

goatbrush

goat + brush

A compound of goat + brush

Proto-Germanic *gaits

Proto-West Germanic *gait

Old English gāt

Middle English goot

English goat

Frankish *bursti

Vulgar Latin *brustia

Old French broisse

Middle English brusshe

English brush

Today it means

noun Oregon boxwood, a shrub of species Paxistima myrsinites.

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

Etymograph / goatbrush