Etymology

beewort

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Today it means: The plant Acorus calamus, the sweet flag or calamus. Full definition →

Middle English beowurt ← Old English beowyrt
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombeowyrt
  2. Middle English · inherited frombeowurt
  3. English todaybeewort

From Middle English beowurt, from Old English beowyrt; equivalent to bee + wort.

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