Etymology

sengreen

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Today it means: The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), a common plant of Europe. Full definition →

Middle English singrene ← Old English singrēne ← Proto-West Germanic *singrōnijā
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*singrōniz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*singrōnijā“evergreen, houseleek”
  3. Old English · inherited fromsingrēne“evergreen; houseleek”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsingrene
  5. English todaysengreen

From Middle English singrene, from Old English singrēne (“evergreen; houseleek”), from Proto-West Germanic *singrōnijā (“evergreen, houseleek”), from Proto-Germanic *singrōniz (literally “ever-green”). Cognate with Dutch zenegroen, German Singrün.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.