color
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (UK) colour, shade; (US) colorcolor
- pigment
- complexion
- outward appearance
Etymology
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
- color English
- colorimeter English
- couleur English
- microcolorimeter English
- photocolorimeter English
- ausculto Latin
- coelicolor Latin
- coelus Latin
- color, coloris Latin
- color, colōrem Latin
- coloro Latin
- colōrem Latin
- concolor Latin
- decolor Latin
- diversicolor Latin
- diversus Latin
- domicilium Latin
- multicolōrem Latin
- occultus Latin
- quadricolor Latin
- saxicolor Latin
- saxum Latin
- tricolor Latin
- varicolor Latin
- varius Latin
- vinicolor Latin
- vīnum Latin
- Couleur 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
- kleur Dutch, Flemish
- couleur French
- колер Russian
- поклоняться Russian
- color Spanish, Castilian
- 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
- kulør Norwegian Bokmål
- *haldaną Proto-Germanic
- *haljō Proto-Germanic
- *hallō Proto-Germanic
- *helaną Proto-Germanic
- *helmaz Proto-Germanic
- *hul- Proto-Germanic
- *huljaną Proto-Germanic
- *hulkaz Proto-Germanic
- kulör Swedish
- kolor Polish
- kolorek Polish
- kolorować Polish
- kolorowy Polish
- trójkolorowy Polish
- wielokolorowy Polish
- kulør Norwegian Nynorsk
- शिशिर Sanskrit
- color Middle English
- colour Middle English
- kulør Danish
- color Old French
- colour Old French
- سالوس Persian
- سرمه Persian
- colur Welsh
- coleur Middle Dutch
- salt Latvian
- conceil Old Irish
- dechellt Old Irish
- doceil Old Irish
- couleu Norman
- couleur Norman
- couoleu Norman
- 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
- Klöör Low German
- Klür Low German
- colur xno
- colôre Ligurian
- koulè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kouler Mauritian Creole
- colos Old Latin