English

guarriboom

Guarriboom comes from Khwe gwarri.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of gwarri + boom ‘tree’

Proto-Germanic *baumaz ‘West Germanic form of *bagmaz’

Old Dutch bōm ‘tree’

Middle Dutch bôom ‘tree’

Dutch boom

Afrikaans boom ‘tree’

Every English word from Khwe gwarri

noun A shrub, Euclea divinorum; its fruit can be fermented to produce vinegar.

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