ἁλιπόρφυρος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- of sea-purple, of true purple dye
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἅλς (salt, sea, salt sea) + Ancient Greek πορφύρα (purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πορφύρα
Gloss
purple dye, purple-fish, purple fish, Tyrian purple color and dye, murex
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- haline English
- halite English
- halo- English
- halogen English
- allec Latin
- purpura Latin
- halogeen Dutch, Flemish
- галоге́н Russian
- порфира Russian
- halo- Spanish, Castilian
- Σαλαμίς Ancient Greek
- μάσσων Ancient Greek
- παραλία Ancient Greek
- πλατυπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- ἁλίζω Ancient Greek
- ἁλιεύς Ancient Greek
- ἁλικάκκαβον Ancient Greek
- ἁλουργής Ancient Greek
- ἅλαδε Ancient Greek
- ἅλινος Ancient Greek
- ἅλιος Ancient Greek
- ἅλς Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλοπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- *séh₂ls Proto-Indo-European
- halogen Norwegian Bokmål
- halo- Portuguese
- halogen Norwegian Nynorsk
- فرفير Arabic
- πορφύρα Greek (modern)
- прапрѫда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian