Etymology

summerwood

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Today it means: The wood in a tree's growth ring formed later in the growing season, when growth is less rapid. Full definition →

English wood ← Middle English somer ← Old English sumor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(e)m-eh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-h₂-ór-o-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sumaraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sumar
  5. Old Englishsumor
  6. Middle Englishsomer
  7. Englishsummer
  8. Englishwood
  9. English todaysummerwood

From summer + wood.

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