Etymology of the English word verb
the English word
verbderived from the Late Latin word
verbum (word; proverb)
Date
The earliest known usage of verb in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
coaxCognates
Catalan
verb, Dutch
verbum, Dutch
woord, English
word, French
verbe, French
rhéteur, German
Verb, German
Wort, Icelandic
ord, Italian
verbo, Latin
verbum, Norwegian
verb, Spanish
verbo, Swedish
verb, Swedish
ord, Yiddish
vortUsage
Word found in Modern English
