Where does “kudzu” come from?

kudzu (English) comes from Japanese 葛, from Old Japanese 葛, from Proto-Japonic *konsu.

kudzu (English): An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States

Definitions

  1. An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States

Ancestry of “kudzu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese葛creeper, creeping plant; kudzu, Japanese...
2Old Japanese葛a creeper, creeping plant
3Proto-Japonic*konsu—

Words derived from “kudzu”

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