virdis

virdis

Latin

Etymology

From Classical Latin viridis via syncope of unstressed internal /ĭ/.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈβɪrdɪs/

Adjective

virdis (neuter virde); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin, proscribed) green
   • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:

     viridis non virdis

     [Say or write] viridis, not virdis.

Derived terms

• *virdia
• *virditia
• *virdūra

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: veardi, vearde
  • Romanian: verde
• Dalmatian:
  • viard
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: verde, verdi
  • Italian: verde
  • Neapolitan: verde
  • Sicilian: virdi
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: vèrde
    • Lombard: verd
    • Piedmontese: verd
    • Romagnol: vérd
  • Friulian: vert, verd
  • Istriot: virdo
  • Ladin: vërt
  • Romansch: verd, veard
  • Venetian: vérdo
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: vèrd, vèrt
  • Old French: vert
    • Bourguignon: vord
    • Middle French: verd, vert
      • French: vert
        • Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
        • Louisiana Creole French: vè, vèr, vær
        • → Wolof: wert
    • Picard: verd
    • Norman: vaert, vèrt
    • Walloon: vert
    • → Middle English: vert
      • English: vert
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: verd
  • Old Occitan: vert
    • Occitan: verd
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: verde, berde
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: verde
    • Leonese: verde
    • Mirandese: berde
  • Old Portuguese: verde
    • Fala: verdi
    • Galician: verde
    • Portuguese: verde (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: verde
    • Ladino: vedre
    • Spanish: verde (see there for further descendants)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: birde, vidre, bidre
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: verdhë
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨrð (see there for further descendants)