Etymograph

English

rootbark

From root + bark.

A compound of root + bark

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

Proto-West Germanic *berkan ‘to bark’

Old English beorcan ‘to bark’

Middle English barken

English bark

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rootbark”. 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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