Where does “couleur puce” come from?

couleur puce (French) comes from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

couleur puce (French): flea-colored

Definitions

  1. flea-colored

Ancestry of “couleur puce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlexflea
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

Words derived from “couleur puce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →