Where does “herba cidreira” come from?

herba cidreira (Galician) comes from Galician cidreira, from Galician -eira, from Old Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

herba cidreira (Galician): lemon balm

Definitions

  1. lemon balm

Ancestry of “herba cidreira”, step by step

herba cidreira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cidreira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancidreiracitron; lemon balm
2Galician-eiraforms names of plants from the fruits or vegetables they produce
3Old Portuguese-eira
4Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Galician herba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianherbaherb; weed; grass
2Old Portugueseervaherb; weed
3Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria
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