Where does “cowherb” come from?
cowherb (English) comes from English cow, from Middle English cow, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.
cowherb (English): Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey...
Definitions
- Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey...
Ancestry of “cowherb”, step by step
cowherb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cow | An adult female of the species "Bos taurus",... |
| 2 | Middle English | cow | Alternative form of cou |
| 3 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | cow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | cow |
via English Herb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Herb | A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season |
| 2 | Middle English | herbe | A herbaceous plant |
| 3 | Old French | erbe | grass; herb |
| 4 | Latin | herba | grass, herbage; herb; weeds |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |