bonwort

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === banwurt, bonworte, bonwourt, bonwrt, bonwurt bayneworte, baynewort (late North Riding) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English bānwyrt, from Proto-West Germanic *bainawurti; equivalent to bon (“bone”) +‎ wort (“plant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔːnwurt/ IPA(key): /ˈbɑːnwurt/ (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈbaːnwurt/, /ˈbanwurt/ (Northern) === Noun === bonwort (uncountable) A plant used to mend bone fractures (particularly pansy, daisy or comfrey). ==== Descendants ==== Early Modern English: bone-wort Middle Scots: banwort, banwart ==== References ==== “bōn-wǒrt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 July 2019.