pulcher
Latin
adj
Definitions
- beautiful, fair, pretty
- (figuratively) noble, honorable, excellent
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (motley, coloured, dig, colored, variegated, speckled, mottled, spotted).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*perḱ-
Gloss
motley, coloured, dig, colored, variegated, speckled, mottled, spotted
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fard English
- porcus Latin
- pulchellus Latin
- pulchre Latin
- pulchritudo Latin
- porchereccio Italian
- fard French
- farder French
- Пульхерия Russian
- Πουλχερία Ancient Greek
- πέρκη Ancient Greek
- πέρκος Ancient Greek
- περκνός Ancient Greek
- πρόξ Ancient Greek
- πρώξ Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥ḱeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- fager Norwegian Bokmål
- *fagraz Proto-Germanic
- *farwiþōną Proto-Germanic
- *farwō Proto-Germanic
- *furhs Proto-Germanic
- piękniś Polish
- piękny Polish
- przepiękny Polish
- fager Norwegian Nynorsk
- farden Middle English
- fagr Old Norse
- fagrleikr Old Norse
- fager Danish
- farve Danish
- farvestof Danish
- fejlfarve Danish
- hudfarve Danish
- vandfarve Danish
- yndlingsfarve Danish
- *pěkrъ Proto-Slavic
- pěkný Czech
- přepěkný Czech
- fagur Icelandic
- fagur Faroese
- farder Middle French
- värv Estonian
- värvus Estonian
- varwe Middle Low German
- verwe Middle Low German
- pekný Slovak
- fagher Old Swedish
- fager Westrobothnian
- Farwe Low German
- *priknjā Proto-Albanian
- farwa Kashubian