Where does “lemonweed” come from?

lemonweed (English) comes from English lemon, from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू, from Mundari lembu.

lemonweed (English): "Lithospermum ruderale", a flowering plant in the...

Definitions

  1. "Lithospermum ruderale", a flowering plant in the...

Ancestry of “lemonweed”, step by step

lemonweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lemon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlemonA yellowish citrus fruit; A semitropical...
2Middle Englishlymonlemon
3Old Frenchlymonlemon
4Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
5Persianلیموlemon; lime
6Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
7Mundarilembu—

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 Mundari lembu →Every word from Sanskrit निम्बू →Every word from Persian لیمو →