Where does “verdegrigio” come from?
verdegrigio (Italian) comes from Italian verde, from Late Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.
verdegrigio (Italian): grey-green
Ancestry of “verdegrigio”, step by step
verdegrigio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian verde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | verde | green; pale; unripe |
| 2 | Late Latin | virdis | — |
| 3 | Latin | viridis | green; young, fresh, lively, youthful |
| 4 | Latin | vireō | to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth |
| 5 | Latin | -idae | — |
via Italian grigio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | grigio | grey; dismal, murky, sombre; drab |
| 2 | French | gris | grey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray |
| 3 | Old Occitan | gris | — |
| 4 | Frankish | grīs | grey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grīsaz | grey; terrible; frightening |