Where does “vervenă” come from?

vervenă (Romanian) comes from French verveine, from Old French vervainne, from Latin verbēnae, from Latin verbēna — foliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses.

vervenă (Romanian): verbena

Definitions

verbena

Ancestry of “vervenă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	verveine	vervain, verbena; verbena tea; vervain liqueur
2	Old French	vervainne	—
3	Latin	verbēnae	—
4	Latin	verbēna	foliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses

Every word from Latin verbēna →Every word from Latin verbēnae →Every word from Old French vervainne →