Etymology

margeline

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Today it means: A type of herb referred to by Pliny as "asyla"; potentially chickweed or ivy-leaved speedwell. Full definition →

French morgeline ← Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromMorsus gallinae
  2. French · borrowed frommorgeline
  3. English todaymargeline

First attested in 1572. Borrowed from French morgeline, derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae. See also chickweed, henbit.

Words from the same roots

Medieval LatinMorsus gallinae all →

henbit

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