English

kelpwort

From kelp + wort.

A compound of kelp + wort

Middle English *kelpe

English kelp

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 The plant kali.

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

Etymograph / kelpwort