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
- having purple as its color; being bruised;...
Ancestry of “roxo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | roxo | dark red |
| 2 | Latin | russeus | dark red |
| 3 | Latin | russus | red, reddish-brown |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |