Etymograph

English

lemonweed

From lemon + weed.

A compound of lemon + weed

Old French lymon ‘citrus’

Middle English lymon

English lemon

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Lithospermum ruderale, a flowering plant in the borage family, native to western North America.

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

Etymograph / lemonweed