English

smoothbark

From smooth + bark.

A compound of smooth + bark

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī ‘flat’

Old English smēþe

Middle English smothe

Proto-West Germanic *berkan ‘to bark’

Old English beorcan ‘to bark’

Middle English barken

English bark

Today it means

adj Having smooth bark (used in the names of plants).

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

Etymograph / smoothbark