The story
- Latin · derived fromflāvus“yellow, golden”
- New Latin · borrowed fromflāvēdō“yellowness, sallowness, yellow color”
- English todayflavedo
From New Latin flāvēdō (“yellowness, sallowness, yellow color”), derived from Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”).
Words from the same roots
Latinflāvus all →
flavonoidflavoneflavanilineflavolflavous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.