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Where does “verdacchio” come from?

verdacchio (Italian) comes from Italian verde, from Late Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

verdacchio (Italian): greenish; greengage

Definitions

  1. greenish; greengage

Ancestry of “verdacchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianverdegreen; pale; unripe
2Late Latinvirdis—
3Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
4Latinvireō—
5Latin-idae—
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