Where does “décolorer” come from?
décolorer (French) comes from French colorer, from Old French colorer, from Old French color, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
décolorer (French): to discolour, fade; to bleach
Definitions
- to discolour, fade; to bleach
Ancestry of “décolorer”, step by step
décolorer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French colorer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | colorer | to color |
| 2 | Old French | colorer | to color |
| 3 | Old French | color | color, colour |
| 4 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Italian decolorare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | decolorare | to decolorize; to bleach |
| 2 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 3 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |