Where does “verda koro” come from?
verda koro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto verda, from Italian verde, from Late Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.
verda koro (Esperanto): a solid Esperantist
Ancestry of “verda koro”, step by step
verda koro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto verda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | verda | green in color green colour |
| 2 | Italian | verde | green; pale; unripe |
| 3 | Late Latin | virdis | — |
| 4 | Latin | viridis | green; young, fresh, lively, youthful |
| 5 | Latin | vireō | to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth |
| 6 | Latin | -idae | — |
via Esperanto koro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | koro | heart; clapper |
| 2 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |