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herb

/ˈɜːb/URB
/ˈɝb/URB

Meaninggrass, fodder, herb

Common meaning: plant used for flavouring or medicine

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHARB‘eat’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 236, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinherba‘grass, fodder, herb’source
  3. Old Frenchherbe‘plant’source
  4. Middle Englishherbe‘plant’source
  5. Englishherb‘plant used for flavouring or medicine’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin herba ‘grass, fodder, herb’.

Roots

  • herba Latin “grass, a green plant”

Related words

herbivorous

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