herb

(érb or hérb), x. [The initial h, as reg. in words coming from L. through OF., was silent in ME. and is prop. silent in mod. E., but is now sometimes pronounced, in conformity to herbaceous, herbarium, and other forms in which the h is properly pronounced, as being recently taken from the L.; early mod. E. also hear be, erbe (cf. mod. E. dial. arb, yarb),