Where does “cottonweed” come from?

cottonweed (English) comes from English Cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, from Middle English coton, from Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.

cottonweed (English): Any of several unrelated plants that have downy...

Definitions

  1. Any of several unrelated plants that have downy...

Ancestry of “cottonweed”, step by step

cottonweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cotton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCottonThe name of several settlements around the world
2Middle Englishcotoun—
3Anglo-Normancotun—
4Middle Englishcotoncotton fiber of
5Old Frenchcotouncotton; a piece of cotton
6Italiancotonecotton; cotton wool
7Arabicقُطُن—
8Arabicقُطْنcotton

via English weed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)
Every word from Arabic قُطْن →Every word from Arabic قُطُن →Every word from Italian cotone →