Etymology

elderberry

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Today it means: Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus; Full definition →

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

  1. Middle Englisheldre
  2. Englishelder
  3. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  4. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  5. Old Englishberġe
  6. Middle Englishberie
  7. Englishberry
  8. English todayelderberry

From elder + berry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.