Etymology

welshnut

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Today it means: A walnut (nut or tree). Full definition →

Middle English walsh-note ← Old English wealhhnutu
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwealhhnutu“walnut”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwalsh-note
  3. English todaywelshnut

From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwealhhnutu all →

walnut

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.