English

goatroot

goat + root

A compound of goat + root

Proto-Germanic *gaits

Proto-West Germanic *gait

Old English gāt

Middle English goot

English goat

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’

Old Norse rót ‘root’

Old English rōt ‘root’

Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’

English root

Today it means

noun Synonym of yellow restharrow (Ononis natrix).

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

Etymograph / goatroot