Wort Definition
Other Word Forms of Wort
Noun
Origin of Wort
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From Middle English wort, worte, from Old English wyrt, wyrte (“brewing wort, new beer, spice"), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō (“spice"), from Proto-Indo-European *werǝd-, *wrād- (“sprout, root"). Cognate with Dutch wort (“wort"), German Würze (“wort, seasoning, spice"), Danish urt (“beer wort"), Swedish vört (“beer wort").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English wort, wurt, wirte, from Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root"), from Germanic wurtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wréhâ‚‚ds. Cognate with German Wurz (“herb, root"), Danish urt (“herb"), Swedish ört (“herb"), Icelandic jurt (“herb"), Latin rādix (“root"). More at root.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wyrt wrād- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English wyrt wrād- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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