Where does “sourwood” come from?
sourwood (English) comes from English sour, from Middle English sour, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin exaurare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
sourwood (English): A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the...
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- A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the...
Ancestry of “sourwood”, step by step
sourwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sour | Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste; Made... |
| 2 | Middle English | sour | sour, acidic, bitter; foul-smelling, rancid;... |
| 3 | Old French | essorer | to fly up, soar |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exaurare | to rise into the air; to expose to air; to rise... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |