Where does “verdinegro” come from?

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

verdinegro (Spanish): green and black

Definitions

  1. green and black

Ancestry of “verdinegro”, step by step

verdinegro 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 negro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnegroblack; a black person; ghost writer
2Latinnigrummasculine accusative singular of niger; neuter...
3Latinnigerwan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened
4Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Latin -idae