English

kidneywort

From kidney + wort.

A compound of kidney + wort

Middle English kideney

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 Hepatica nobilis; any hepatica (Hepatica spp.).

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

Etymograph / kidneywort