English

matchweed

From match + weed.

A compound of match + weed

Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’

Proto-West Germanic *makkjō

Old English mæċċa ‘companion’

Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’

English match

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Synonym of broomweed (“plants of Gutierrezia genus”).

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

Etymograph / matchweed