Reconstruction:Latin/virididio

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From viridis (“green”) +‎ -idiō (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βerˈdejo/

Verb

*virdidiō (present infinitive *virdidiāre, perfect active *virdidiāvī, supine *virdidiātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

turn green
flourish

Descendants

Catalan: verdejar
French: verdoyer
Italian: verdeggiare
Occitan: verdejar
Portuguese: verdejar
Spanish: verdear

References

Meul, Claire. 2013. The fate of the -ID(I)- morpheme in the Central Dolomitic Ladin varieties of northern Italy: Variable conditioning of a morphological mechanism. In Cruschina, Silvio & Maiden, Martin & Smith, John Charles (eds.), The boundaries of pure morphology: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives, 68–95. Oxford University Press.