Etymograph

English

staggerweed

From stagger + weed.

A compound of stagger + weed

Old Norse stakra ‘to push, stagger’

Middle English stakeren ‘to stagger’

English stagger

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun A flowering plant of species Stachys arvensis, which causes staggers in livestock that consume it.

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

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