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wort

1[wurt, wawrt]
–noun
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE wyrt; c. G Würze spice; akin to wort 2

wort

2[wurt, wawrt]
–noun
a plant, herb, or vegetable (now usually used only in combination): figwort.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE wyrt root, plant; c. OHG wurz, ON urt herb, Goth waurts root; akin to root 1 , ON rōt, L rādīx, Gk rhíza

wort

3[wurt]
–noun
whort.

whort

[hwurt, wurt]
–noun
the whortleberry.
Also, whor⋅tle [hwur-tl, wur-] , wort.


Origin:
1570–80; dial. var. of ME hurte, OE horte whortleberry
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wort 1   (wûrt, wôrt)   
n.  A plant. Often used in combination: liverwort; milkwort.

[Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
wort 2   (wûrt, wôrt)   
n.  An infusion of malt that is fermented to make beer.

[Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

wort 
"a plant," O.E. wyrt "root, herb," from P.Gmc. *wurtiz (cf. O.S. wurt, O.N., Dan. urt, O.H.G. wurz "plant, herb," Ger. Wurz, Goth. waurts, O.N. rot "root"), from PIE base *wrad- "twig, root" (see radish).
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