Etymograph

English

gruit

Gruit comes from Dutch gruit ‘gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and…’, and goes back to Old Dutch grūt.

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150grūt
  2. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500grute
  3. Dutchc. 1500–presentgruit‘gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and bittering beer widely used in the Low…’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150grūt
  2. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500grute
  3. Dutchc. 1500–presentgruit‘gruit, a herb mixture used for flavouring and bittering beer widely used in the Low…’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Old Dutch grūt

Today it means

noun An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.

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

Etymograph / Old Dutch grūt / gruit

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