Etymology

spiritweed

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Today it means: The perennial herb Eryngium foetidum. Full definition →

English weed ← Middle English weed ← Old English wēod
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Proto-West Germanic*weud
  8. Old Englishwēod
  9. Middle Englishweed
  10. Englishweed
  11. English todayspiritweed

From spirit + weed.

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