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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
- Proto-Italic*kelōs
- Old Latincolōs
- Latincolor
- Old Frenchcolor
- Anglo-Normancolur
- Middle Englishcolour
- Englishcolor
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Latinmetricus
- Englishcolorimetric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- English todaycolorimetrically
From colorimetric + -ally.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.