woad

Significado (English)

Noun

1. The plant Isatis tinctoria.
2. The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Verb

1. To plant or cultivate woad.
2. To dye with woad.

Conceptos

Isatis

glasto

yerba pastel

isatide

guasto

Synonyms

ceruse

civet

collyrium

henna

rouge

gold-leaf

Isatis

artificial beauty-spot

dyer’s woad

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wəʊd/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: wode

Inherited from inglés antiguo: wād

Cognate with Old Frisian: wēd

Cognate with neerlandés: wede

Cognate with alemán: Waid

Cognate with francés: guède

Cognate with italiano: guado

Cognate with Frankish: -

In summary

From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.