Words that come from Ancient Greek “πορφύρω”

70 words across 21 languages descend from Ancient Greek πορφύρω — including purple, purplish, purpura, purpuric, purply, purpureal, purpleheart, purpurate.

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English (26)

Latin (9)

Italian (4)

Old English (4)

German (4)

Middle English (3)

Old High German (2)

French (2)

Greek (2)

Gothic (2)

Romanian (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Welsh (1)

Asturian (1)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Russian (1)

Norman (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)