Etymology

colorate

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Today it means: To apply color to something; to make colorful. Full definition →

English color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur
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colorate · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  3. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  4. Old Latincolōs
  5. Latincolor
  6. Old Frenchcolor
  7. Anglo-Normancolur
  8. Middle Englishcolour
  9. Englishcolor
  10. English todaycolorate

From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

colorate · adjective2

  1. Latin · derived fromcolōrātus
  2. English todaycolorate

From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)

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