verve
English
/vɜː(r)v/
noun
Definitions
- Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing
- Artistic energy and enthusiasm
- Vigour, vitality and liveliness
- Rapture, enthusiasm
- Spirit, energy
Etymology
Borrowed from French verve (caprice, animation, spirit, whim, rapture) root from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (speak, say, tell).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werh₁-
Gloss
speak, say, tell
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
🗣️ 🗣️ 🙊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vervy English
- adverbium Latin
- adverbiālis Latin
- proverbium Latin
- rhētor Latin
- verbalis Latin
- verbum Latin
- verbālis Latin
- verva Latin
- Verve German
- verve Italian
- verve French
- ἐξερέω Ancient Greek
- ἐπίρρημα Ancient Greek
- ῥήτωρ Ancient Greek
- ῥηματ- Ancient Greek
- ῥητορική Ancient Greek
- ῥητορικός Ancient Greek
- ῥῆμα Ancient Greek
- *upó Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰh₁om, *wr̥dʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥h₁tós Proto-Indo-European
- *wrōgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrōhiz Proto-Germanic
- *wurdą Proto-Germanic
- werwa Polish
- *vьrati Proto-Slavic
- adferf Welsh
- առաւիր Old Armenian
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *virci Proto-Finnic
- *wratám Proto-Indo-Iranian