Where does “foxglove” come from?

Foxglove comes from Middle English fox-glove, from Old English foxes glōfa, literally "fox's glove," referring to the flower's tubular shape.

foxglove (English): "Digitalis", a genus of about 20 species of...

Definitions

  1. "Digitalis", a genus of about 20 species of...

Ancestry of “foxglove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfox-glove—
2Old Englishfoxes glōfafoxglove
3Old Englishfoxfox
4Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
5Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “foxglove”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz →