Where does “color” come from?
color (Spanish) comes from Italian colore, from Polish kolor, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
color (Spanish): color, colour, hue; rouge; pretext, motive,...
Definitions
- color, colour, hue; rouge; pretext, motive,...
Ancestry of “color”, step by step
color traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian colore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | colore | color, colour; hue; pip |
| 2 | Polish | kolor | colour; suit; flush |
| 3 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Old Spanish color
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | color | color / colour |