English
queenroot
From queen + root.
Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’
Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’
Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’
Old English cwēn
Middle English quene ‘a queen’
English queen
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’
Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’
Old Norse rót ‘root’
Old English rōt ‘root’
Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’
English root
Today it means
noun Synonym of queen's delight (“the plant Stillingia sylvatica”).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “queenroot”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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