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setwalln. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French zedewale, citoual. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman zedwal, zedewal, zedewale, zedeuale, cetewale, cetual, citewal, Old French zedual, Old French, Middle French citoal, citoual, Middle French cetoal, sotoval (Palsgrave) zedoary (late 11th cent. as chitoual ), probably directly < Arabic zadwār zedoary n. (compare discussion below). Compare earlier zedoary n.Compare post-classical Latin zituala (c1200), cytowalla (1242 in a British source), cetewallum (1285 and 15th cent. in British sources), setewall' (14th cent. in a British source), seteuale (15th cent. in a British source), and also Old Occitan citoal (14th cent.), Spanish †çetoal (early 13th cent.; also †çetual (15th cent.)), all in sense ‘zedoary’. Specific forms. The ending in -l is difficult to account for. It may have originated by association of the ending of the Arabic word with classical Latin -āris -ar suffix1 (compare the variation of the Latin forms cited at zedoary n.) and subsequent suffix substitution, after classical Latin -ālis -al suffix1 and its reflexes in Romance languages. The γ. forms apparently show folk-etymological remodelling after plant names in -well , e.g. speedwell n. Specific senses. Sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in either French or Latin, and shows a semantic development within English. It could show a different word which has become assimilated in form to the pre-existing word in its other sense; compare wall n.1 and perhaps seed v. and set v.1 (the plant often grows on walls). the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > medicinal roots > zedoary root or plant the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots α. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 272 Ne makede neauer strengðe of giniure ne of zeduale [a1250 Titus ȝedewal, a1250 Nero gedewal]. ne of clou de gilofre. 1310 in W. H. Hale & H. R. Ellacombe (1874) 9 De x d. de j libra de zedewand [sic] vendita. ?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne l. 74 in W. Heuser (1904) 147 In þe praer is a tre..Þe rote is gingeuir and galingale, Þe siouns beþ al sedwale. a1350 in G. L. Brook (1968) 32 Wiþ gyngyure ant sedewale ant þe gylofre. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 125 Canell, zedewall, notemuges, & maces. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 621/16 Zeduarium.., zeduale. 1547 A. Borde i. f. ixv Take of Anys sedes, of fenell sedes, of Zeduall, of eche the weyght of xii. d. 1905 Oct. 329 Both nations then mixed cardamoms, of which they were very fond, saffron, garlic, galingale, sedwale, marjoram, and several species of clary or sage with their food. β. 1310–11 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 507 In 3li. di. de Ceteuall.c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 21 As sweete as is the roote Of Lycorys or any Cetuale [c1405 Ellesmere Cetewale, c1415 Lansd. settewale]. (Harl. 221) 454 Setuale, or seduale, herbe [1499 Pynson setwaly, a1500 King's Cambr. setwale], Zedoarium.1530 J. Palsgrave 269/2 Setwall.1567 J. Maplet f. 37 Cetewale, is an Herbe whose roote the Phisitions vse to gather in Sommer.1610 G. Markham ii. clxxiii. 495 Nardi radix, which wee call setwal.1640 J. Parkinson 1612 Zedoaria..the Setwall that we have usually in our shops.1760 J. Lee App. 316/2 Setwall, see Zedoary. 1909 18 Dec. 931/2 Zedoary, or Setwall, which Sir James Sawyer is using for rheumatism, had formerly a great reputation, chiefly as a stomachic and alexipharmic.γ. c1430 (1844) I. 669/2 Gynger setwell almondis.1496 A. Halyburton (1867) 57 Item a li. settwell, cost 18 g.1552 J. Caius f. 25v A toste..with a litle poulder of Cinamome and Settewelle caste uppon it.1639 O. Wood 211 Take the powder of Setwell Roots.1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in sig. Iiii2 He may..in stead of Costus, [subrogate] Setwel.1787 R. W. Darwin 267 Setwell, See Zedoary.1892 R. W. Cochran-Patrick 120 Brazil,..ginger, setwell (curcuma zedoaria, a plant which is a powerful sudorific), rice, figs, and raisins..represent a considerable amount of foreign natural products.1907 J. Colville in 258 Setwell is the name applied to the rootstocks of plants of the genus Curcuma.the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > valerian a1400 MS Corpus Cambr. 388 in D. A. Trotter (2000) 140 Item valerianum, hoc est anglice ‘wilde sethewale’. a1543 in A. Amherst (1896) 75 Herbys necessary for a gardyn... Sede-wale. 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in sig. V2 Poppie, and drink-quickning Setuale. 1593 M. Drayton viii. sig. J3 This mayden..Went forth..to get sweete Cetywall [? 1606, 1619, Setywall]..to deck her summer hall. 1597 J. Gerard ii. 919 No brothes, pottage, or phisicall meates are woorth any thing, if Setwall were not at one end. 1640 J. Parkinson i. xliii. 124 The first is generally called..in English the great garden Valerian, and of some Capons tayle, and Setwall. 1658 E. Phillips Settwall, a kind of herb growing near walls. 1737 (ed. 2) i. iv. 254 Take red Sage, Betony,..Set-well. 1794 W. Forsyth Eng. Index Setwall, garden, Valeriana. 1836 J. Jacob I. (at Valeriana) V. officinalis, Linn.—Great Wild Valerian..Setwall. 1865 ‘C. Bede’ 9 Clusters of the red valerian or setwall. 1955 (United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs) 48/2 Several possible remedies are..euphyllin, valerian (setwall) pine-needle baths, insulin-glucose treatment, vitamin treatment, etc. 2015 S. E. Edwards et al. 383 Valerian... Other common names: All-heal; St. George's herb; setwall. 2016 @Martinarocks_ 24 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Have you ever tried natural remedies, like setwall? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225 |