Where does “unweed” come from?

unweed (English) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).

unweed (English): To remove weeds from; to weed

Definitions

  1. To remove weeds from; to weed

Ancestry of “unweed”, step by step

unweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English weed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →Every word from Old English wēod →Every word from Middle English weed →