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Where does “vèt” come from?

vèt (Haitian Creole) comes from French vert, from Old French vert, from Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

vèt (Haitian Creole): green

Definitions

  1. green

Ancestry of “vèt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvertgreen
2Old Frenchvertgreen; green, of a green color
3Latinvirdis—
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireō—
6Latin-idae—
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