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Where does “verdura” come from?

verdura (Catalan) comes from Catalan verd, from Old Occitan vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

verdura (Catalan): vegetable

Definitions

  1. vegetable

Ancestry of “verdura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanverdgreen
2Old Occitanvert—
3Vulgar Latinvirdis—
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireō—
6Latin-idae—
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