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Where does “amoratado” come from?

amoratado (Spanish) comes from Spanish amoratarse, from Spanish morado, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

amoratado (Spanish): purplish

Definitions

  1. purplish

Ancestry of “amoratado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishamoratarseto become purple
2Spanishmoradopurple; purple, mulberry; bruise
3Spanish-adoSuffix indicating the masculine singular past...
4Old Spanish-ado—
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
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