Where does “biliverdin” come from?

biliverdin (English) comes from German Biliverdin, from Italian verde, from Late Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

biliverdin (English): A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of...

Definitions

  1. A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of...

Ancestry of “biliverdin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBiliverdinbiliverdin
2Italianverdegreen; pale; unripe
3Late Latinvirdis—
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae—

Words derived from “biliverdin”

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