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
- lemon balm
Ancestry of “herba cidreira”, step by step
herba cidreira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician cidreira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cidreira | citron; lemon balm |
| 2 | Galician | -eira | forms names of plants from the fruits or vegetables they produce |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -eira | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |