Where does “verdura” come from?

verdura (Spanish) comes from Sicilian virdura, from Sicilian virdi, from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis, from Latin vireō, from Latin -idae.

verdura (Spanish): vegetable; greenness, verdancy

Definitions

  1. vegetable; greenness, verdancy

Ancestry of “verdura”, step by step

verdura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sicilian virdura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianvirduravegetables, greens
2Sicilianvirdigreen
3Vulgar Latinvirdis—
4Latinviridisgreen; young, fresh, lively, youthful
5Latinvireōto be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
6Latin-idae—

via Old Spanish verdura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishverdura—
2Old Spanishverdegreen
3Late Latinvirdis—

Words derived from “verdura”

Every word from Latin -idae →Every word from Latin vireō →Every word from Latin viridis →