Where does “violeta roquera” come from?

violeta roquera (Catalan) comes from Catalan violeta, from Catalan viola, from Latin viola, from Latin violo, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

violeta roquera (Catalan): Hippocrepis balearica

Definitions

  1. Hippocrepis balearica

Ancestry of “violeta roquera”, step by step

violeta roquera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan violeta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvioletaviolet
2Catalanviolaviola; f viola; m or f violist
3Latinviolaviolet; second-person singular present active...
4LatinvioloI treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Catalan roquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanroquerrock
2Catalan-erUsed to form nouns meaning the location or object...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →