sorrel
English
/ˈsɒɹəl/, /ˈsɔɹəl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
- A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sorel derived from Old French sorel, sur (sour, bitter) derived from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (sour, damp, salty, acidic) suffix from English sour (bad-tempered).
Origin
English
sour
Gloss
bad-tempered
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besour English
- sorel English
- sour English
- sour puss English
- sourball English
- sourbelly English
- sourberry English
- sourdough English
- soureth English
- sourfaced English
- sourful English
- sourgrass English
- sourhead English
- sourish English
- sourly English
- sourness English
- sourpuss English
- soursop English
- sourstuff English
- sourwood English
- unsour English
- wood English
- woodsorrel English
- super Latin
- *súHros Proto-Indo-European
- *sūr- Proto-Indo-European
- *sūraz Proto-Germanic
- sur Old English
- sūr Old English
- sorel Middle English
- sorell Middle English
- sorelle Middle English
- sour Middle English
- súrr Old Norse
- sorel Old French
- sur Old French
- hundasúra Icelandic
- kornsúra Icelandic
- súra Icelandic
- túnsúra Icelandic
- vafsúra Icelandic
- ólafssúra Icelandic
- sur Old High German
- sūr Old High German
- sur Middle French
- *sūr gmw-pro
- *sūr, gmw-pro
- *sūr Old Dutch
- *sūr Frankish
- *sūr Old Frisian
- saua Tok Pisin