Etymograph

English

reedmace

From reed + mace.

A compound of reed + mace

Proto-West Germanic *hreud

Old English hrēod ‘a reed’

Middle English red ‘reed, flax (plant)’

English reed

Vulgar Latin *mattia

Old French mace ‘mace (weapon)’

Middle English mace ‘a war club or mace’

English mace

Today it means

noun A water plant, the cattail.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reedmace”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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