English Explanatory Dictionary

waybread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/

Word forms

waybread waybreads waybred

Etymology

From Middle English weybrede, from Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), equivalent to way + bread (“broadness, breadth”). Cognate with Scots waybred (“waybread”), Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), German Wegebreit (“waybread”), Danish vejbred (“waybread”), Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”).

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