English

grassweed

From grass + weed.

A compound of grass + weed

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

Proto-Germanic *grasą

Proto-West Germanic *gras

Old English græs

Middle English gras ‘a grass’

English grass

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Any weed that is a grass.

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

Etymograph / grassweed