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Where does “crazyweed” come from?

crazyweed (English) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud.

crazyweed (English): locoweed

Definitions

  1. locoweed

Ancestry of “crazyweed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weud—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →