Etymology

cammock

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Today it means: A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots. Full definition →

Middle English cammok ← Old English cammoc
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cammock · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromcammoc
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcammok“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”
  3. English todaycammock

From Middle English cammok (“Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica”), from Old English cammoc.

cammock · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcamboke
  2. English todaycammock

From Middle English camboke; see cambuca for more.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcammoc all →

Cammack

Middle Englishcamboke all →

cambuca

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