Where does “lavendre” come from?

lavendre (Middle English) comes from Old French lavendre, from Latin lavendula, from Latin lividus, from Latin liveo, from Proto-Italic sliwēō, from Proto-Indo-European sliwo-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

lavendre (Middle English): lavender; Alternative form of lavender

Definitions

  1. lavender; Alternative form of lavender

Ancestry of “lavendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlavendrelavender
2Latinlavendula—
3Latinlividusleaden, bluish, blue; black and blue, livid;...
4LatinliveoI am of a bluish color; I am livid; I am envious,...
5Proto-Italicsliwēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansliwo-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish

Words derived from “lavendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sliwo- →Every word from Proto-Italic sliwēō →