gorse
Meaning
Noun
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Origin
- From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu. Akin to German Gerste ("barley") and Latin hordeum ("barley"). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ("to bristle"), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.
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