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- Old English · inherited fromċyrlic
- Middle English · inherited fromcharlok
- English todaycharlock
From Middle English charlok, cherlok, from Old English ċyrlic, ċirlic, ċerlic. Further origin unknown.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
charlock
Today it means: Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis). Full definition →
Middle English charlok ← Old English ċyrlic