The story
- Latin · derived frompurpura
- Old French · derived frompurpure“purple”
- Old English · inherited frompurpure
- Middle English · inherited frompurpure
- English todaypurpure
From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); both from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpura.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishpurpure all →
purple
Latinpurpura all →
purplepurpurapurpuraceouspurpuricpurpuritepurpurizepurpurogallinpurpurogenouspurpuromycinpurpurous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.