Where does “roxo” come from?

roxo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese roxo, from Latin russeus, from Latin russus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

roxo (Portuguese): having purple as its color; being bruised;...

Definitions

  1. having purple as its color; being bruised;...

Ancestry of “roxo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseroxodark red
2Latinrusseusdark red
3Latinrussusred, reddish-brown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “roxo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-