Etymology

colorado

C3O1L1O1R1A1D2O1

Today it means: A cigar of medium color and strength. Full definition →

Spanish colorado ← Latin colōrātus ← Old Latin colōs
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

colorado · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  3. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  4. Old Latincolōs
  5. Latincolor
  6. Latincolōrō
  7. Latincolōrātus
  8. Spanishcolorado
  9. English todaycolorado

Borrowed from Spanish colorado.

Colorado · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  3. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  4. Old Latincolōs
  5. Latincolor
  6. Latincolōrō
  7. Latincolōrātus
  8. Spanishcolorado
  9. Latincolōrātus
  10. Old Galician-Portuguesecolorado
  11. Portuguesecolorado
  12. English todayColorado

From Spanish colorado (“red, ruddy, colored”), usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or from Portuguese colorado in the case of Brazilian locations.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.