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woad

Meaningwaad

Common meaning: a plant used to make blue dye

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwdd‘waad’source
  2. Middle Englishwod‘woad’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswaad → a plant used to make blue dyewoad‘a plant used to make blue dye’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English wdd ‘waad’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WOAD, p. 716 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wdd Old English “waad”

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