purpura
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin purpura (purple, purple dye, shellfish).
Origin
Latin
purpura
Gloss
purple, purple dye, shellfish
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
貝
Emoji
☂️ 🍆 💜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- purpuric English
- purpurogallin English
- purpurogenous English
- purpuromycin English
- purpura Latin
- purpureus Latin
- purpuro Latin
- Purpur German
- porpora Italian
- pourpre French
- púrpura Spanish, Castilian
- πορφύρα Ancient Greek
- púrpura Portuguese
- purpel Old English
- purple Old English
- purpuren Old English
- porpra Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Catalan, Valencian
- púrpura Galician
- purpură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- 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
- purpuir Middle Irish