Where does “vergier” come from?
vergier (Old French) comes from Latin viridārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
vergier (Old French): orchard, or other place where fruit is grown
Definitions
- orchard, or other place where fruit is grown
Ancestry of “vergier”, step by step
vergier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin viridārium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | viridārium | plantation (of trees) |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Vulgar Latin virdiariu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | virdiariu | — |
| 2 | Latin | viridiārium | — |
| 3 | Latin | viridis | green; young, fresh, lively, youthful |
| 4 | Latin | vireō | to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth |
| 5 | Latin | -idae | — |