Etymology

baneberry

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Today it means: A flowering plant of the genus Actaea (syn. Cimicifuga). Full definition →

English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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  1. Proto-Germanic*banô
  2. Proto-West Germanic*banō
  3. Old Englishbana
  4. Middle Englishbane
  5. Englishbane
  6. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  7. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  8. Old Englishberġe
  9. Middle Englishberie
  10. Englishberry
  11. English todaybaneberry

From bane + berry.

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