Where does “vert” come from?
Vert comes from Old French vert, from Latin viridis meaning green, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weys-.
vert (English): A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented...
Definitions
- A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented...
Ancestry of “vert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | vertebrate | Having a backbone; An animal having a backbone |
| 2 | French | vertèbre | vertebra |
| 3 | Latin | vertebra | joint; vertebra |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |