English

toothleaf

From tooth + leaf.

A compound of tooth + leaf

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’

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Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Proto-West Germanic *tanþ

Old English tōþ

Middle English toth

English tooth

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Today it means

noun Any of the genus Stillingia of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.

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

Etymograph / toothleaf