English

horseweed

From horse + weed.

A compound of horse + weed

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Any of various flowering plants of the genus Conyza.

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

Etymograph / horseweed