English
vert
Vert comes from Old French vert ‘green, of a green color’, from Latin viridis ‘abundant with verdure’, and ultimately from vireō ‘flourish’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvireō‘flourish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEviridis‘abundant with verdure’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvirdis‘syncopic form of viridis (“green”)’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vert‘green, of a green color’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vert‘Green-coloured’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819vert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvireō‘flourish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEviridis‘abundant with verdure’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvirdis‘syncopic form of viridis (“green”)’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400vert‘green, of a green color’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vert‘Green-coloured’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819vert
Earliest quotation: 1819, Walter Scott: “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy…”
Linked words
through Latin viridis ‘abundant with verdure’
through Late Latin virdis ‘syncopic form of viridis (“green”)’
Today it means
noun A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vireō / vert