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.

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