Etymology

weedless

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Today it means: Lacking weeds. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English weed
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*weud
  2. Old Englishwēod
  3. Middle Englishweed
  4. Englishweed
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  7. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  9. English todayweedless

From weed + -less.

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