verbena

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun

Definitions

verbena, vervain

Etymology

Derived 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

verbena English
verbena Finnish
verbena Latin
verbēna Latin
verbēnae Latin
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

vermena