English

goutwort

From gout + wort.

A compound of gout + wort

Latin gutta ‘drop’

Old French gote ‘drop (of liquid)’

Middle English goute

English gout

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 Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.

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

Etymograph / goutwort