Where does “hèrbette” come from?

hèrbette (Norman) comes from Norman hèrbe, from Old French erbe, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

hèrbette (Norman): mistle thrush; redshank

Definitions

  1. mistle thrush; redshank

Ancestry of “hèrbette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanhèrbegrass; herb
2Old Frencherbegrass; herb
3Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Latin herba →Every word from Old French erbe →