Etymology of the English word orrisroot
the English word
orrisrootderived from the English word
orrisderived from the Medieval Latin word
yreosderived from the Latin word
iris (hedgehog; iris i; preparation of iris root; iridescent stone)
derived from the Greek word
iris, ἶρις (rainbow; a rainbow ('iris'))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wei-derived from the English word
rootderived from the English word
rotderived from the Old Norse word
rotderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrad-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrād-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*rutjanderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wrotananUsage
Word found in Modern English
