Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye. · The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.
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