Where does “mauve” come from?

mauve (French) comes from Middle French mauve, from Old French mave, from Old English mæw, from Proto-Germanic maiwiz, from Proto-Germanic maiwaz, from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną — to shout, mew.

mauve (French): mallow; mauve; mew, gull, seagull

Definitions

  1. mallow; mauve; mew, gull, seagull

Ancestry of “mauve”, step by step

mauve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French mauve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmauve—
2Old Frenchmavegull; seagull
3Old Englishmæwgull, seagull
4Proto-Germanicmaiwiz—
5Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
6Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew

via Latin malva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmalvamallow

Words derived from “mauve”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maiwiz →