Where does “ierbăluță” come from?

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

ierbăluță (Romanian): reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Definitions

  1. reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Ancestry of “ierbăluță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiarbăgrass; herb
2Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
3Proto-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 Romanian iarbă →