English

hogsbane

From hog + -s- + bane.

Formed from hog + -s- + bane

Middle English hog ‘a pig or swine, especially one that is…’

English hog

Proto-Germanic *banô ‘killer, murderer, slayer’

Proto-West Germanic *banō

Old English bana ‘person or thing that causes death, murderer’

Middle English bane ‘person or thing that destroys life, murderer,…’

English bane

Today it means

noun Synonym of giant hogweed.

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

Etymograph / hogsbane