Etymology

wintergreen

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Today it means: Any evergreen plant. Full definition →

English green ← Middle English grene ← Old English grēne
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  1. Englishwinter
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
  4. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  6. Old Englishgrēne
  7. Middle Englishgrene
  8. Englishgreen
  9. English todaywintergreen

From winter + green.

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