wormwood

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

αψιθιά

χολή

αρτεμισία

αψίνθιο

πίκρα

άψινθος

αψίνθιον

αγριά

Συνώνυμα

absinth

absinthe

mugwort

absinthium

sagebrush

old man

tansy

yarrow

sage-brush

absinthe wormwood

santonin

absinth wormwood

field sagewort

common wormwood

sagewort

wormwood moth

artemisia

bitterness

disadvantage

downer

Μεταφράσεις

Wermut

ajenjo

assenzio

absinthe

armoise

alsem

absinto

Artemisia absinthium

donzell

vermut

Beifuß

fiel

amertume

absinti

Artemisia campestris

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: wormwode

Συγγενές με Middle Low German: wermode

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Wermut

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.