Etymology

puce

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Today it means: A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. Full definition →

French couleur puce ← Latin pūlex
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  1. Latin · derived frompūlex“flea”
  2. French · derived fromcouleur puce
  3. English todaypuce

From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpūlex all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.