Where does “verde-menta” come from?
verde-menta (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Verde, from Old Portuguese verde, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.
verde-menta (Portuguese): mint green
Ancestry of “verde-menta”, step by step
verde-menta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese Verde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Verde | green color/colour |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | verde | green |
| 3 | Latin | viridis | green; young, fresh, lively, youthful |
| 4 | Latin | vireō | to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth |
| 5 | Latin | -idae | — |
via Portuguese menta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | menta | mint |
| 2 | Latin | menta | mint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μίνθη | mint (Mentha viridis) |