Weeds

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Old English wēod (noun), wēodian (verb), of unknown origin; related to Dutch wieden (verb).

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Inflected form of weed.

From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz(“piece of cloth, garment”).

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weeds (n.)

"garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English wæd, wæde "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (source also of Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.