Etymology

appleberry

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Today it means: Any plant of the genus Billardiera. Full definition →

English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ébōl
  2. Proto-Germanic*aplaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*applu
  4. Old Englishæppel
  5. Middle Englishappel
  6. Englishapple
  7. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  9. Old Englishberġe
  10. Middle Englishberie
  11. Englishberry
  12. English todayappleberry

From apple + berry.

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