Etymology

verdant

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Today it means: Green in colour. Full definition →

Middle French verdoyant ← Latin viridis
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  1. Latin · derived fromviridis
  2. Middle French · derived fromverdoyant
  3. English todayverdant

From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

Words from the same roots

Latinviridis all →

vertviridianverdererverdurousviridviridite

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