English
ironwort
From iron + wort.
Proto-Celtic *īsarnom
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Proto-West Germanic *īsarn
Old English īsern ‘the metal iron’
Old English īren
Middle English iren ‘iron’
English iron
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 herb of several species in the genus Sideritis, formerly believed to heal sword cuts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ironwort