woad

Signification (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.

Concepts

guède

pastel

Isatis

Synonyms

ceruse

civet

collyrium

henna

rouge

gold-leaf

Isatis

artificial beauty-spot

dyer’s woad

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wəʊd/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: wode

Inherited from ancien anglais: wād

Cognate with Old Frisian: wēd

Cognate with néerlandais: wede

Cognate with allemand: Waid

Cognate with français: guède

Cognate with italien: 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.