Where does “verveyne” come from?

verveyne (Middle English) comes from Old French verveine, from Latin verbēna — foliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses.

verveyne (Middle English): vervain

Definitions

  1. vervain

Ancestry of “verveyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchverveine—
2Latinverbēnafoliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses

Words derived from “verveyne”

Every word from Latin verbēna →Every word from Old French verveine →