English

highbush

From high + bush.

A compound of high + bush

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

adj Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).

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

Etymograph / highbush