Where does “onda verde” come from?

onda verde (Spanish) comes from Spanish verde, from Old Spanish verde, from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

onda verde (Spanish): green wave

Definitions

  1. green wave

Ancestry of “onda verde”, step by step

onda verde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish verde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishverdegreen in colour; unripe; inexperienced; naïve
2Old Spanishverdegreen
3Vulgar Latinvirdis
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae

via Spanish onda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishondawave; Any other wave; style, fashion
2Old Spanishondawave on a liquid’s surface
3Latinundawave; billow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Every word from Latin -idae
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