Etymology

verdure

ver·dure
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Today it means: The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself. Full definition →

Middle English verdure ← Middle French verdure ← Old French verdure
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived from*viridūra
  2. Old French · derived fromverdure
  3. Middle French · derived fromverdure
  4. Middle English · inherited fromverdure
  5. English todayverdure

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

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