spikenard
English
noun
Definitions
- A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
- The plant (syn. ).
- another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
- Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
- (, syn. )
- ploughman's Ploughman's spikenard (, now ).
- (Asarum europaeum).
Etymology
Derived from spicanarde derived from spīca nardī compound from Latin spica (ear, spike, ear of grain, a spike, a spike ear) + Latin nardi (nard)compound from English spike + English nard.
Origin
English
nard
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerospike English
- backspike English
- despike English
- dogspike English
- handspike English
- interspike English
- intraspike English
- marlinspike English
- microspike English
- nanospike English
- nard English
- polyspike English
- spica English
- spiciform English
- spicose English
- spignel English
- spike English
- spikebill English
- spikefish English
- spikegrass English
- spikeless English
- spikelet English
- spikelike English
- spikenail English
- spikeproof English
- spiker English
- spiketail English
- spiky English
- superspike English
- unspike English
- nardi Latin
- spica Latin
- spicaro Italian
- spicastro Italian
- *spey- Proto-Indo-European
- narde Middle English
- spike Middle English
- spica Sicilian
- spicanarde xno
- spīca nardī ML