purpurogenous
English
adj
Definitions
- (biology) Having the power to produce a purple colour.
Etymology
Derived from Latin purpura (purple, purple dye, shellfish).
Origin
Latin
purpura
Gloss
purple, purple dye, shellfish
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
貝
Emoji
☂️ 🍆 💜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purpura English
- purpuric English
- purpurogallin English
- purpuromycin English
- purpura Latin
- purpureus Latin
- purpuro Latin
- Purpur German
- porpora Italian
- pourpre French
- púrpura Spanish, Castilian
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- púrpura Portuguese
- purpel Old English
- purple Old English
- purpuren Old English
- porpra Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Galician
- purpură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porffor Welsh
- purper Middle Dutch
- purpur Old High German
- purpura Old High German
- corcair Old Irish
- corcra Old Irish
- corcur Old Irish
- pourpre Norman
- 𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌿𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- púrpura Asturian
- purpuir Middle Irish