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waybread

/ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
way-bread
IPA
/ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).

Countable; Uncountable

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: weybrede, weġbrǣde

Usage

Inflected Forms

waybreads (plural) waybred (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce waybread?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/.
What does waybread mean?
The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major).
Where does waybread come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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