Where does “verger” come from?
verger (French) comes from Middle French vergier, from Old French vergier, from Latin viridārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
verger (French): orchard
Definitions
- orchard
Ancestry of “verger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | vergier | — |
| 2 | Old French | vergier | orchard, or other place where fruit is grown |
| 3 | Latin | viridārium | plantation (of trees) |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |