Etymology

feuillemorte

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Today it means: Of the color of dead or dying leaves: dull yellowish or orangish brown. Full definition →

French feuille-morte
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromfeuille-morte
  2. English todayfeuillemorte

From French feuille-morte, feuille morte (“a dead leaf”).

Words from the same roots

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