English
lustwort
From lust + wort, from its traditional use as an aphrodisiac.
Proto-Germanic *lustuz ‘lust, desire, want’
Proto-West Germanic *lustu ‘desire, want, lust’
Old English lust ‘lust, pleasure, longing’
Middle English lust
English lust
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 sundew.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lustwort