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purple

/ˈpɜːpəl/PUR-puhl
/ˈpɝpəl/PUR-puhl

Meaningthe purple-fish, purple dye

Common meaning: a red-blue colour

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAD‘drip, to flow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 258, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinpurpura‘the purple-fish, purple dye’source
  3. Old Frenchporpresource
  4. Middle Englishpurpresource
  5. Englishpurple‘a red-blue colour’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin purpura ‘the purple-fish, purple dye’.

Roots

  • purpura Latin “the purple-fish, purple dye”

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