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color.

color; pigment; shade/tinge; complexion; outward appearance/show; excuse/pretext

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɔ.ɫɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.lor]
  1. color (US), colour (UK); shade, hue, tint

    declension-3 · masculine
  2. pigment

    declension-3 · masculine
  3. complexion

    declension-3 · masculine
  4. outward appearance

    declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin colōr From earlier Old Latin colōs (genitive colōris), from Proto-Italic *kelōs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). The nominative singular changed to color in Classical times by analogy with the oblique forms, where intervocalic /r/ had regularly developed from an original intervocalic /s/.

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