Where does “iarbă” come from?

iarbă (Romanian) comes from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

iarbă (Romanian): grass; herb

Definitions

  1. grass; herb

Ancestry of “iarbă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “iarbă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Latin herba →