Woody
/ˈwʊdi/noun
Covered with or resembling wood; having a hard, dry, or forest-like quality.
Did you know?Woody comes from Old English wudu, and the same ancient Indo-European root helped shape words for forests, trees, and wood across multiple languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*widhu-
“Tree, wood, forest”
Old English
OE
wudu
“Wood; trees; forest”
Middle English
ME
wod(e)y
“Having the nature of wood; abounding in wood”
Modern English
English
woody
“Of, relating to, or resembling wood”