Where does “peliverde” come from?

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

peliverde (Spanish): green-haired

Definitions

  1. green-haired

Ancestry of “peliverde”, step by step

peliverde 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 pelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelohair; fur
2Latinpīlusa hair
3Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
4Proto-Italicpistlom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Latin -idae