Where does “fucate” come from?

fucate (English) comes from Latin fūcātus, from Latin fuco, from Latin fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος, from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

fucate (English): Artificially coloured; falsified, counterfeit

Definitions

  1. Artificially coloured; falsified, counterfeit

Ancestry of “fucate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūcātuscoloured
2LatinfucoI colour, paint, dye; I embellish, dissemble,...
3Latinfūcusseaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria
4Ancient Greekφῦκοςseaweed
5Hebrewפוךeye-rouge
Every word from Hebrew פוך →Every word from Ancient Greek φῦκος →Every word from Latin fūcus →