Sorrel Definition
- common sorrel
- wood-sorrel
- oxalis
- sour-grass
- dock
- Hibiscus sabdariffa
- Jamaica sorrel
- red sorrel
- rozelle
- roselle
- brownish-orange
Other Word Forms of Sorrel
Noun
Origin of Sorrel
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From Middle English *sorel, from Old French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Old French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown"), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried"), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry"), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched"); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown") +"Ž -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry"), Old High German sōrÄ“n (“to become dry"), and Old English sÄ“ar (“withered, barren"). See also sere.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel"), from Old French sur (“sour"), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sÅ«raz (“sour"); equivalent to sour +"Ž -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sÅ«re (“sorrel"), Icelandic súra (“sorrel"), Dutch zuring (“sorrel"). More at sour.
From Wiktionary
From Middle English sorel sorrel-colored from Old French from sor red-brown of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English sorel from Old French surele from sur sour of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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