Where does “vert” come from?

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

vert (Old French): green; green, of a green color

Definitions

  1. green; green, of a green color

Ancestry of “vert”, step by step

vert traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin virdis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvirdis—
2Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
3Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
4Latin-idae—

via Vulgar Latin virdis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvirdis—

via Late Latin virdis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinvirdis—

Words derived from “vert”

Every word from Latin -idae →Every word from Latin vireō →Every word from Latin viridis →