Where does “crazyweed” come from?
crazyweed (English) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).
crazyweed (English): locoweed
Ancestry of “crazyweed”, step by step
crazyweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English weed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | weed | Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place... |
| 2 | Middle English | weed | — |
| 3 | Old English | wēod | weed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *weud | weed (unwanted plant) |
via English crazy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | crazy | Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break... |
| 2 | English | craze | craziness; insanity; A strong habitual desire or... |
| 3 | Middle English | crasen | To break in pieces; to crack |
| 4 | Old Norse | krasa | to shatter |