Etymograph

English

ratstripper

From rat + stripper.

A compound of rat + stripper

Proto-Germanic *rattaz

Proto-West Germanic *ratt

Old English ræt

Middle English raat

English rat

Today it means

noun An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi

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

Etymograph / ratstripper