English

kelpware

By surface analysis, kelp + ware

Equivalent to kelp + ware

Middle English *kelpe

English kelp

Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to watch, keep guard’

Proto-Germanic *warō ‘attention’

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English ware

Today it means

noun kelp

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

Etymograph / kelpware