consoude

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French consoude, consoulde, consolde, from Latin cōnsolida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sud/

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Noun

consoude f (plural consoudes)

1. comfrey

Further reading

• “consoude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English consolde, borrowed from the Old French consolde, consoulde, consoude, inherited from the Latin cōnsolida (“common confrey”), so called because of its supposed healing power.

Noun

consoude

1. any of several healing herbs, especially comfrey

Descendants

• English: consound

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnsolida (“common comfrey”), so called because of its supposed healing power.

Noun

consoude oblique singular, f (oblique plural consoudes, nominative singular consoude, nominative plural consoudes)

1. comfrey

Descendants

• Middle French: consolide
  • French: consoude
• → Old English: consolde
  • Middle English: consoude, consowde, consol, consold, consaud, consaude
    • English: consound