verbena
English
/vɝˈbinə/
noun
Definitions
- Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbēna (leaves twigs of olive, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies, myrtle, laurel) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (enclose).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werbʰ-
Gloss
enclose
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verbenalike English
- verbenalin English
- verbenone English
- verbena Finnish
- verbena Latin
- verbēna Latin
- verbēnae Latin
- verbena Italian
- vermena Italian
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- verbena Portuguese
- verveine Old French
- verbină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- yirghinã Aromanian
- *worβis Proto-Italic
- berbena Old Spanish