retrogreen

retrogreen

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Proto-Italic *wretrō
Latin retrōder.
English retro-
Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
English retrogreen

    From retro- + green.

    Verb

    retrogreen (third-person singular simple present retrogreens, present participle retrogreening, simple past and past participle retrogreened)

    1. (colloquial, rare) To retrofit existing models or structures (theoretical or physical) to accommodate environmentally friendly values.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.