Etymology

bearberry

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Today it means: Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. Full definition →

English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰwer-
  4. Proto-Germanic*berô
  5. Proto-West Germanic*berō
  6. Old Englishbera
  7. Middle Englishbere
  8. Englishbear
  9. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  10. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  11. Old Englishberġe
  12. Middle Englishberie
  13. Englishberry
  14. English todaybearberry

From bear + berry.

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