Etymology of the English word winterkill
the English word
winterkillderived from the English word
killderived from the Old Norse word
krikiderived from the Old French word
cuillirderived from the Latin word
colligere (collect, assemble, bring; obtain, acquire, amass)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the English word
winterderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wed-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wentruzDerivations in English
winterkilled,
winterkillingUsage
Word found in Modern English
