verbena

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

verbena any of the herbaceous flowering plant of the genus ll

Etymology

Inherited 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
verbena Italian
vermena Italian
*werb- Proto-Indo-European
*werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
verveine Old French
verbină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
yirghinã Aromanian
*worβis Proto-Italic
berbena Old Spanish