wort

See also: Wort

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English wort, wurt, wirte, from Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with German Wurz (“herb, root”), Danish urt (“herb”), Swedish ört (“herb”), Icelandic jurt (“herb”), Latin rādix (“root”). More at root.

Noun

wort (plural worts)

  1. (archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      :
      he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
    • 1845, Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works:
      It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
  2. Any of various plants or herbs. The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John’s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English wort, worte, from Old English wyrt, wyrte (“brewing wort, new beer, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō (“spice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₂d- (“sprout, root”). Cognate with Dutch wort (“wort”), German Würze (“wort, seasoning, spice”), Danish urt (“beer wort”), Swedish vört (“beer wort”).

Noun

wort (uncountable)

  1. (brewing) Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.
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Alemannic German

Noun

wort

  1. (Formazza) word

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

wort n (uncountable)

  1. wort (unfermented beer)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om.

Noun

wort n, f

  1. word
  2. diction, what someone says or writes
  3. prescription, order

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Further reading

  • “wort”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “wort (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German wort.
The sense verb is a literal translation of Latin verbum.

Noun

wort n

  1. word
  2. (grammar) verb
    • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
      Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
      zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
      vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
      gemunzet und geformet stân.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Compare Old High German wort, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English word, Old Norse orð.

Noun

wort n

  1. word

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, whence also Old Dutch wort, Old Saxon and Old English word, Old Norse orð, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.
The sense verb is a literal translation of Latin verbum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwort/

Noun

wort n

  1. word
  2. (grammar) verb

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