Where does “agueweed” come from?
agueweed (English) comes from English ague, from Middle English agu, from Middle French aguë, from Latin acūta, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus — sharp.
agueweed (English): An herb also known as common boneset
Definitions
- An herb also known as common boneset
Ancestry of “agueweed”, step by step
agueweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ague
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ague | An acute fever; An intermittent fever, attended... |
| 2 | Middle English | agu | — |
| 3 | Middle French | aguë | acute |
| 4 | Latin | acūta | — |
| 5 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 6 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 7 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |