Etymology of the English word figwort
the English word
figwortderived from the English word
figderived from the Old French word
figuederived from the Old Provençal word
figaderived from the Latin word
ficus (fig; fig tree; hemorrhoids)
derived from the English word
wortderived from the English word
wortderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrad-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wurtizUsage
Word found in Modern English