The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπορφυρογέννητος
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing fromporphyrogenitus
- English todayporphyrogenite
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin porphyrogenitus, from Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos, literally “born in the purple”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπορφυρογέννητος all →
born to the purple
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.