wormwood

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.

Konzepte

Gemeiner Beifuß

Beifuss-Mönch

Wermut-Mönch

Wermutmönch

Absinthlikör

Übersetzungen

αψιθιά

Artemisia absinthium

absinti

Artemisia campestris

χολή

Frequenz

32k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth.

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