Where does “rattleweed” come from?

rattleweed (English) comes from English rattle, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

rattleweed (English): Any plant of the genus "Astragalus"

Definitions

  1. Any plant of the genus "Astragalus"

Ancestry of “rattleweed”, step by step

rattleweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rattle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrattlea sound made by loose objects shaking or...
2Arabicرَطْل—
3Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
4Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
5Frenchlitrelitre
6Medieval Latinlitra—
7Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
8Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

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-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →