Where does “unicolor” come from?
unicolor (Romanian) comes from French unicolore, from French colore, from French colorer, from Old French colorer, from Old French color, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
unicolor (Romanian): unicolored
Definitions
- unicolored
Ancestry of “unicolor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | unicolore | one-color/one-colour, unicolor/unicolour,... |
| 2 | French | colore | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | colorer | to color |
| 4 | Old French | colorer | to color |
| 5 | Old French | color | color, colour |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |