英语词汇wort的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	wort
词源	wort n. "a plant," Old English wyrt "root, herb, vegetable, plant, spice," from Proto-Germanic wurtiz (source also of Old Saxon wurt, Old Norse, Danish urt, Old High German wurz "plant, herb," German Wurz, Gothic waurts, Old Norse rot "root"), from PIE root wrād- "branch, root." St. John's wort attested from 15c. Entries linking to wort wrād- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "branch, root." It forms all or part of: deracinate; eradicate; eradication; irradicable; licorice; radical; radicant; radicle; radicular; radish; ramada; ramify; ramus; rhizoid; rhizome; rhizophagous; root; rutabaga; wort. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek rhiza, Lesbian brisda "root," Greek hradamnos "branch;" Latin radix) "root, radish;" Gothic waurts, Old English wyrt; Welsh gwraidd, Old Irish fren "root." colewort n. late 14c., "cabbage," later especially "kale, greens;" from cole (n.1) + wort. wrād-colewort (n.)collard (n.)herb (n.)hogwort (n.)liverwort (n.)mugwort (n.)navelwort (n.)orchard (n.)ragwort (n.)root (n.)vegetable (n.) updated on January 30, 2018
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