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Where does “morado” come from?

morado (Cebuano) comes from Spanish morado, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

morado (Cebuano): of the colour violet; the color violet

Definitions

  1. of the colour violet; the color violet

Ancestry of “morado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmoradopurple; purple, mulberry; bruise
2Spanish-adoSuffix indicating the masculine singular past...
3Old Spanish-ado—
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →