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

  1. verbena

Ancestry of “vervenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchverveinevervain, verbena; verbena tea; vervain liqueur
2Old Frenchvervainne—
3Latinverbēnae—
4Latinverbēnafoliage, 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 →