porpra
Catalan
adj
Definitions
- purple
- (heraldry) purpure
Etymology
Inherited from Latin purpura (purple, purple dye, shellfish) derived from 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
- purpura English
- purpuric English
- purpurogallin English
- purpurogenous English
- purpuromycin English
- purpura Latin
- purpureus Latin
- purpuro Latin
- Purpur German
- imporporare Italian
- porpora Italian
- porporaio Italian
- porporeggiare Italian
- pourpre French
- порфира Russian
- púrpura Spanish, Castilian
- πλατυπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- ἁλιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλοπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- púrpura Portuguese
- purpel Old English
- purple Old English
- purpuren Old English
- فرفير Arabic
- púrpura Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Galician
- purpură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πορφύρα Greek (modern)
- 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
- прапрѫда Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- purpuir Middle Irish