The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπορφύρα
- Latin · derived frompurpura“purple”
- English todaypurpuric
From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Latinpurpura all →
Ancient Greekπορφύρα all →
purplehaematoporphyrinporphyrogene
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.