English

tarweed

From tar + weed.

Formed from tar + weed

Proto-Indo-European *dór

Proto-Germanic *terwą

Proto-West Germanic *teru ‘tar, resin’

Old English teoru ‘tar, resin’

Middle English ter ‘Tar or a similar substance’

English tar

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Any of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves.

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