color
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- color, colour, hue
- rouge cosmetics
- pretext, motive, reason
- character; special quality
- side, party, faction
- race, ethnicity
- (feminine) complexion
- (poker) flush
Etymology
Inherited from Latin colōrem inherited from Old Latin colos (covering) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (cover, hide, conceal, cold, protect, incline, hot, warm, cut, save).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱel-
Gloss
cover, hide, conceal, cold, protect, incline, hot, warm, cut, save
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
冷, 寒
Emoji
🤭 📔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Colorado English
- Finlaycolor English
- Tricolor English
- anticolor English
- bodycolor English
- color English
- colorability English
- colorable English
- colorably English
- colorado English
- colorate English
- colorbearer English
- colorbreed English
- colorburst English
- colorcast English
- colorer English
- colorfast English
- colorful English
- coloriferous English
- colorification English
- colorimeter English
- colorimetry English
- colorism English
- colorist English
- coloristic English
- colorization English
- colorize English
- colorless English
- colormaker English
- colorman English
- colormap English
- colorogenic English
- colorology English
- coloron English
- colorous English
- colorphobia English
- colorphobic English
- colorsome English
- colorway English
- colorwise English
- colorwork English
- duocolor English
- forecolor English
- haircolor English
- hypercolor English
- intercolor English
- miscolor English
- monocolor English
- noncolor English
- overcolor English
- precolor English
- pseudocolor English
- quadricolor English
- recolor English
- topcolor English
- tricolor English
- uncolor English
- undercolor English
- unicolor English
- unicolored English
- watercolor English
- ausculto Latin
- coelicolor Latin
- color Latin
- color, coloris Latin
- color, colōrem Latin
- coloro Latin
- colōrem Latin
- concolor Latin
- decolor Latin
- diversicolor Latin
- domicilium Latin
- multicolōrem Latin
- occultus Latin
- quadricolor Latin
- saxicolor Latin
- tricolor Latin
- varicolor Latin
- vinicolor Latin
- Colorado German
- Kobalt German
- anticolore Italian
- cobaltatura Italian
- cobaltico Italian
- cobaltoso Italian
- colore Italian
- coloreria Italian
- colorificio Italian
- colorimetria Italian
- colorimetro Italian
- colorista Italian
- colorizzare Italian
- fotocolor Italian
- fotocolore Italian
- monocolore Italian
- multicolore Italian
- pluricolore Italian
- sopraccolore Italian
- tricolore Italian
- unicolore Italian
- couleur French
- поклоняться Russian
- colorado Spanish, Castilian
- colorear Spanish, Castilian
- colorete Spanish, Castilian
- colorista Spanish, Castilian
- monocolor Spanish, Castilian
- unicolor Spanish, Castilian
- κάλυμμα Ancient Greek
- κάλυξ Ancient Greek
- καλύπτω Ancient Greek
- κολεός Ancient Greek
- ἀποκάλυψις Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *kal- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱol- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱēl- Proto-Indo-European
- colorado Portuguese
- *haldaną Proto-Germanic
- *haljō Proto-Germanic
- *hallō Proto-Germanic
- *helaną Proto-Germanic
- *helmaz Proto-Germanic
- *hul- Proto-Germanic
- *huljaną Proto-Germanic
- *hulkaz Proto-Germanic
- カラー Japanese
- kolor Polish
- शिशिर Sanskrit
- color Middle English
- colour Middle English
- color Old French
- colour Old French
- koloro Esperanto
- سالوس Persian
- سرمه Persian
- kolor Cebuano
- colur Welsh
- salt Latvian
- conceil Old Irish
- dechellt Old Irish
- doceil Old Irish
- cullyr Manx
- couleur Middle French
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- קאָליר Yiddish
- *hulis gmw-pro
- *keleti Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo- Proto-Celtic
- hulk Middle Low German
- колір Ukrainian
- ola Lithuanian
- slt' Middle Persian
- kala Tok Pisin
- kalakala Tok Pisin
- colur xno
- colôre Ligurian
- colos Old Latin