Where does “Green” come from?

Green (English) comes from Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic grōnī, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Green (English): Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green...

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green...

Ancestry of “Green”, step by step

Green traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English grene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgrenegreen
2Old Englishgrēnegreen
3Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Old English grēot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrēotearth, sand, grit
2Proto-Germanicgreutągrit
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewd-to weep, be sad
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrēw-to grind, rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

Words derived from “Green”

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