The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
GOUTWEED
Etymology
Noun
goutweed (uncountable)
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
Synonyms
• goutwort
Source: Wiktionary
Gout"weed` (, Gout"wort` n. Etym: [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.)
Definition: A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Ægopodium Podagraria);
– called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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