Etymology

beautyberry

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Today it means: A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*dwenos
  3. Old Latinduenos
  4. Old Latin*duenelos
  5. Latinbellus
  6. Vulgar Latin*bellitātem
  7. Anglo-Normanbiauté
  8. Middle Englishbeaute
  9. Englishbeauty
  10. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  11. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  12. Old Englishberġe
  13. Middle Englishberie
  14. Englishberry
  15. English todaybeautyberry

From beauty + berry.

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