olitory

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*helos
3. Old Latin · derived fromhelus
4. Latin · derived fromolitōrius“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”
5. English todayolitory

From Latin olitōrius (“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”), from olitor (“gardener, seller of vegetables or herbs”), from olus + -itō (“forming frequentative verbs”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), variant of holus (“vegetable”), from Old Latin helus, believed to come from unattested Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) + *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).