[Herbalist] Wort

[Kathleen H. Keeler]

My dictionary--Webster's New World but an edition old enough to have
etymologies--says "wort" a plant or herb, from the AngloSaxon wyrt, a
root herb or plant.
[It also has wort, the liquid in brewing, from Middle English wort,
worte, from wyrt, "akin to German wurze, a spice...]
Agnes

BJ of NZ wrote:

> Recently I got into a discussion about the meaning of
> the word Wort
>
> I thought Wort meant Useful, as in it was a lable
> added to a descriptive name- Soap wort, Bladder wort.
>
>
> what are the origins of this word?
> and what are words used to describe Herbs in other languages?
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> >From bjofnz at yahoo.co.nz
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