English

hogwort

From hog + wort.

A compound of hog + wort

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

English hog

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 Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.

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