Where does “veratro” come from?

veratro (Italian) comes from Translingual Veratrum, from Latin veratrum, from Proto-Indo-European wreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

veratro (Italian): veratrum, white hellebore (Veratrum album)

Definitions

  1. veratrum, white hellebore (Veratrum album)

Ancestry of “veratro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualVeratrumgenus
2Latinveratrumhellebore
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyt-to twist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreyt- →Every word from Latin veratrum →