"waybread" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪ.bɹɛd/ Forms: waybreads [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|weybrede}} Middle English weybrede, {{inh|en|ang|weġbrǣde}} Old English weġbrǣde, {{m|ang|weġbrāde||waybread, plantain, dock}} weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), {{compound|en|way|bread|t2=broadness, breadth}} way + bread (“broadness, breadth”), {{cog|sco|waybred||waybread}} Scots waybred (“waybread”), {{cog|nl|weegbree||waybread}} Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), {{cog|de|Wegebreit||waybread}} German Wegebreit (“waybread”), {{cog|da|vejbred||waybread}} Danish vejbred (“waybread”), {{cog|sv|vägbreda||waybread}} Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} waybread (countable and uncountable, plural waybreads)
  1. The Eurasian plantain (Plantago major). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Plantain family plants Synonyms: waybred

Inflected forms

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