English

gravelweed

gravel + weed

A compound of gravel + weed

Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂

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Medieval Latin grava

Old French grave ‘gravel, seashore’

Old French gravele

Middle English gravel

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun An American plant of species Verbesina helianthoides.

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

Etymograph / gravelweed