Where does “evergreen” come from?

Evergreen comes from English ever and Middle English grene, from Old English ǣfre and Proto-West Germanic grōnī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic grōniz and Proto-Indo-European gʰreH₁-.

evergreen (English): Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed...

Definitions

  1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed...

Ancestry of “evergreen”, step by step

evergreen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Green

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGreenOf, or pertaining, to a Green Party or green...
2Middle Englishgrenegreen
3Old Englishgrēnegreen
4Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
5Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via English ever

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheverAlways, frequently, forever; Continuously,...
2Middle Englisheverever
3Old Englishǣfre—

Words derived from “evergreen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →
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