Where does “staggerweed” come from?
staggerweed (English) comes from English stagger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
staggerweed (English): A flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it
Definitions
- A flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it
Ancestry of “staggerweed”, step by step
staggerweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stagger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stagger | An unsteady movement of the body in walking or... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |