Etymology

grande wormwood

Today it means: The herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), which is used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. Full definition →

French grande
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The story

  1. French · derived fromgrande“grand, great”
  2. English todaygrande wormwood

From French grande (“grand, great”) + wormwood.

Words from the same roots

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