Where does “fanweed” come from?

fanweed (English) comes from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

fanweed (English): The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense

Definitions

  1. The flowering plant Thlaspi arvense

Ancestry of “fanweed”, step by step

fanweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFanA diminutive of Frances
2EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
3Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
4Latinfānāticustemple
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

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 Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos