English

laurelwood

From laurel + wood.

A compound of laurel + wood

Old Latin dacrus

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Vulgar Latin *laurārius

Old French lorier

Anglo-Norman lorer

Middle English laurer

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’

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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’

Old English widu

Old English wudu ‘wood’

Middle English wode ‘wood’

English wood

Today it means

noun The wood of the laurel.

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

Etymograph / laurelwood