Where does “greenfaced” come from?

greenfaced (English) comes from English Green, 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.

greenfaced (English): Having a green face or appearance

Definitions

  1. Having a green face or appearance

Ancestry of “greenfaced”, step by step

greenfaced 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 faced

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfacedsimple past tense and past participle of face;...
2EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
3Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
4Old Frenchfaceface
5Late Latinfacia—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →