Where does “ergot” come from?

ergot (Romanian) comes from French ergot, from Old French argot — spur.

ergot (Romanian): ergot

Definitions

  1. ergot

Ancestry of “ergot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchergotspur of a male member of Galliformes; ergot
2Old Frenchargotspur
Every word from Old French argot →