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Where does “verdură” come from?

verdură (Romanian) comes from French verdure, from Sicilian virdura, from Sicilian virdi, from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

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Ancestry of “verdură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchverdureverdure, greenness
2Sicilianvirduravegetables, greens
3Sicilianvirdigreen
4Vulgar Latinvirdis—
5Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
6Latinvireō—
7Latin-idae—
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