English
weedhead
Weedhead comes from English weed ‘marijuana’, from Old English wēod ‘a weed’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *weud.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*weud‘weed’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wēod‘a weed’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500weed
- English1500–presentweed‘marijuana’
- Englishtodayweedhead
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*weud‘weed’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wēod‘a weed’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500weed
- English1500–presentweed‘marijuana’
- Englishtodayweedhead
A compound of weed ‘marijuana’ + -head
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- ‘to wind’
wedding, wage, engage, gage, wed, weeds, wedlock, bahu, 7 more
Today it means
noun A person who smokes cannabis regularly, or to excess.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *weud / weedhead