Where does “verdoyant” come from?

verdoyant (Middle French) comes from Old French verdier, from Old French vert, from Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

Ancestry of “verdoyant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchverdier
2Old Frenchvertgreen; green, of a green color
3Latinvirdis
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae

Words derived from “verdoyant

Every word from Latin -idaeEvery word from Latin vireōEvery word from Latin viridis
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