Word: 'herb' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'herb' • Extended Annotations
from Latin herba, herbae, "herb, grass"
from Old French erbe, from Middle English erbe, herbe "non-woody plant; plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine"
15th "h" was restored to the spelling, on the basis of Latin, but remained mute
A pure, unadulterated word
In German, Erbe "means "heritage, legacy, inheritance"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
