Warth
/wɔːrθ/noun
An obsolete or dialectal variant of “wart,” meaning a small, hard growth on the skin.
Did you know?“Warth” is an obsolete spelling related to Old English “wearte,” while the medical word “verruca” preserves a separate Latin name for the same kind of growth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*wartō
“A wart or raised skin growth”
Old English
Old English
wearte
“A wart”
Middle English
Middle English
warte / warth
“A wart; an abnormal raised growth”
15th–17th Century
English
warth
“An obsolete or dialectal spelling of “wart””
Modern English
English
warth
“Rare historical or dialectal form, largely replaced by “wart””