Etymograph

English

screwbean

From screw + bean.

A compound of screw + bean

Middle English screw

English screw

Proto-Germanic *baunō

Proto-West Germanic *baunu

Old English bēan

Middle English bene

English bean

Today it means

noun Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “screwbean”. 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.

Etymograph / screwbean