Etymology

fumitory

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Today it means: Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia. Full definition →

Middle English fumyter ← Old French fumeterre ← Latin fūmus terrae
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  1. Latin · derived fromfūmus terrae
  2. Old French · derived fromfumeterre
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfumyter
  4. English todayfumitory

From late Middle English fumyter (with remodelling of suffix), from Old French fumeterre, from Latin fūmus terrae.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.