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(Anglais)

(declension-2, neuter) glass
(declension-2, neuter) dyer's woad, a plant used for dying blue (Isatis tinctoria)
(declension-2, neuter) woad, a blue dye used by the Britons made from that plant

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[ˈwɪ.trũː]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (literally “water-like”), from the root *wed- (“water”). Or, from a substrate source in common with Proto-Germanic *waizdaz and Ancient Greek ἰσάτις (isátis, “woad”). For the semantic development compare Persian آبگینه (âbgina, “glass”). The plant and its dye were named after the color of glass in antiquity.