Old English · noun
ort
- Part of speech
- noun
- IPA
- /ort/[orˠt]
- Syllables
- ort (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- cultivation
Meaning
-
A stem meaning "plant, herb; garden, field; cultivation"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ort-, *ort(i) (“plant, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *urtiz. Cognate with Middle Low German ōrt (“herb, spice plant”), Old High German orzōn (“to tend, cultivate”).
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