Where does “violet” come from?

Violet comes from Middle English violet, from Old French violette, from Latin viola, a flowering plant.

violet (English): A plant or flower of the genus "Viola",...

Definitions

  1. A plant or flower of the genus "Viola",...

Ancestry of “violet”, step by step

violet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French Violette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchVioletteviolet plant
2Old Frenchvioletteviolet
3Old French-etteAlternative form of -ete
4Latin-itta
5Hungarianiszikto drink
6Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Middle English violet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvioletviolet; The flower of such a plant; violet,...

Words derived from “violet

Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-