Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing. · Ellipsis of duckweed. · Underbrush; low shrubs. · Cannabis.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”). See also woad.
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