English

leatherbark

leather + bark

A compound of leather + bark

Proto-Germanic *leþrą ‘leather’

Proto-West Germanic *leþr

Old English leþer ‘leather’

Middle English lether

Proto-West Germanic *berkan ‘to bark’

Old English beorcan ‘to bark’

Middle English barken

English bark

Today it means

noun A North American shrub of species Dirca palustris.

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

Etymograph / leatherbark