English

swordgrass

From sword + grass.

A compound of sword + grass

Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’

Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’

Old English sweord ‘sword’

West Midland Middle English sword

English sword

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

Proto-Germanic *grasą

Proto-West Germanic *gras

Old English græs

Middle English gras ‘a grass’

English grass

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / swordgrass