Where does “cheiro-verde” come from?
cheiro-verde (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cheiro, from Portuguese cheirar, from Old Portuguese cheirar, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
cheiro-verde (Portuguese): aromatic herbs, typically parsley, spring onion or coriander, used as spices
Definitions
- aromatic herbs, typically parsley, spring onion or coriander, used as spices
Ancestry of “cheiro-verde”, step by step
cheiro-verde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cheiro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cheiro | smell |
| 2 | Portuguese | cheirar | to smell; to smell of; to snort |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | cheirar | to smell |
| 4 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |