Etymology

weeds

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Old English wǣd ← Proto-Germanic *wēdiz
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weeds · noun, verb1

Inflected form of weed.

weeds · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēdiz“piece of cloth, garment”
  2. Old English · inherited fromwǣd
  3. English todayweeds

From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“piece of cloth, garment”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwǣd all →

weedwidow's weeds

Proto-Germanic*wēdiz all →

weed

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