Where does “weed” come from?

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

Ancestry of “weed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwēodweed
2Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

Words derived from “weed”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →Every word from Old English wēod →