Where does “spiceberry” come from?

spiceberry (English) comes from English Berry, from Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

spiceberry (English): A compact flowering plant, Ardisia crenata,...

Definitions

  1. A compact flowering plant, Ardisia crenata,...

Ancestry of “spiceberry”, step by step

spiceberry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Berry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerryA place name
2Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
3Old Englishberġeberry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via English spice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspiceAromatic or pungent plant matter used to season...
2Middle Englishspicespices; A variety, sort, or kind of something; A...
3Old Frenchespicespice
4Late Latinspeciesspice, good, ware; a seeing, view, look; a...
5Classical Latinspeciēs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją →