The story
- French · borrowed fromvervet
- English todayvervet
From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin is obscure.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vervet
Today it means: A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat. Full definition →
French vervet