英语词汇weeds的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	weeds
词源	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. Entries linking to weeds* wattle n.1 "stakes interlaced with twigs and forming the framework of the wall of a building," Old English watol "hurdle," in plural "twigs, thatching, tiles," related to weðel "bandage," from Proto-Germanic wadlaz, from PIE au- (3) "to weave" (see weeds). Surviving in wattle-and-daub "building material for huts, etc." (1808). updated on March 25, 2014
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