Where does “weedy” come from?

Weedy comes from English weed plus the diminutive suffix -y, which derives from Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

weedy (English): Abounding with weeds; Of, relating to or...

Definitions

  1. Abounding with weeds; Of, relating to or...

Ancestry of “weedy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “weedy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →