English

gutwort

From gut + wort.

A compound of gut + wort

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

Proto-Germanic *gut-

Old English gutt ‘gut, entrail’

Middle English gut

English gut

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 A plant, Globularia alypum, which has purgative properties and is found in Africa.

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