verbină

Moldavian

/verˈbi.nə/

noun

Definitions

(botany) vervain

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
verbena Portuguese
verveine Old French
yirghinã Aromanian
*worβis Proto-Italic
berbena Old Spanish