Words that come from Ancient Greek πορφύρα

169 words across 38 languages descend from Ancient Greek πορφύρα — including purple, purplish, purpura, purpuric, purply, purp, purpureal, purpure.

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English (44)

Finnish (22)

Latin (14)

Romanian (10)

Italian (9)

Ancient Greek (9)

German (8)

Old English (5)

Russian (4)

Dutch (4)

Polish (3)

French (3)

Welsh (2)

Old High German (2)

Gothic (2)

Irish (2)

Middle English (2)

Spanish (2)

Cornish (2)

Swedish (2)

Asturian (1)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Greek (1)

Esperanto (1)

Norman (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)

Old French (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Irish (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Choctaw (1)

Bislama (1)

Southern Ndebele (1)

Translingual (1)

Malayalam (1)

Words from Ancient Greek πορφύρα — 169 descendants | Etymology Explorer