verbena

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*werbʰ-
2. Latin · derived fromverbēna“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”
3. translingual · borrowed fromVerbena
4. English todayverbena

Borrowed from translingual Verbena, from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-. Doublet of vervain, via French.

Words from the same roots