pergola

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an outdoor framework of posts and crossbeams, often supporting climbing plants and providing partial shade

   Wisteria climbed over the pergola beside the patio.

Simplified etymology

Pergola was adopted from Italian in the mid-17th century. The Italian word derives from Latin pergula “projecting roof, vine arbour,” associated with pergere “to go or come forward.”

Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula, meaning a projecting roof, covered walk, or arbor. The English word became established for the open garden structure on which vines are trained.

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