Etymology

herber

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Today it means: A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium Full definition →

Middle English herber
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromherber
  2. English todayherber

From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.