Etymograph

English

primavera

Primavera comes from Italian primavera ‘springtime’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wósr̥‘spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wezor‘spring (season)’reconstructed
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvēr‘spring’
  4. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEprīma vēra‘early spring’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentprimavera‘springtime’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wósr̥‘spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wezor‘spring (season)’reconstructed
  3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvēr‘spring’
  4. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEprīma vēra‘early spring’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentprimavera‘springtime’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- ‘to become warm’

combustion, urn, combust, urticaria, 24 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ ‘spring’

ware, vernal, 3 more

Another origin of primavera

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEprīma vēra‘early spring’
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500primavera‘beginning of spring’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘springtime’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

adj Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ / primavera

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