Etymology

earthnut

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Today it means: A tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa). Full definition →

Middle English erthenote ← Old English eorþhnutu ← Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*erþōhnuts
  2. Old English · inherited fromeorþhnutu
  3. Middle English · inherited fromerthenote
  4. English todayearthnut

Inherited from Middle English erthenote, from Old English eorþhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts; equivalent to earth + nut.

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