English

lopseed

From lop + seed.

Formed from lop + seed

Medieval Latin loppa

Middle English loppe ‘bough’

English lop

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- ‘to sow’

Proto-Germanic *sēdą

Proto-West Germanic *sād

Old English sēd ‘seed’

Middle English seed

English seed

Today it means

noun Any of the plant family Phrymaceae.

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