English

jewelweed

From jewel + weed.

A compound of jewel + weed

Middle English juel ‘an item of jewelry’

English jewel

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.

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

Etymograph / jewelweed