Where does “zèrb” come from?

zèrb (Réunion Creole French) comes from French herbe, from Old French erbe, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

zèrb (Réunion Creole French): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “zèrb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchherbegrass; weed; marijuana; ganja; cannabis
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 →