English

feverweed

From fever + weed.

A compound of fever + weed

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’

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Proto-Italic *feɣʷris

Latin febris ‘a fever’

Old English fefer

Middle English fever

English fever

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun The plant Eupatorium purpureum.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feverweed