Where does “blackberry” come from?

Blackberry comes from Middle English blakberie, from Old English blæc berġe, a compound of blæc (black) and berġe (berry).

blackberry (English): A fruit-bearing shrub of the species "Rubus...

Definitions

  1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the species "Rubus...

Ancestry of “blackberry”, step by step

blackberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English blakberie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishblakberieA blackberry the plant
2Old Englishblæcberġe—

via Middle English blakeberie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishblakeberiebrambleberry
2Old Englishblæc berġe—
Every word from Old English blæcberġe →Every word from Middle English blakberie →