Etymology

recolor

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Today it means: To color again or differently. Full definition →

English color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  8. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  9. Old Latincolōs
  10. Latincolor
  11. Old Frenchcolor
  12. Anglo-Normancolur
  13. Middle Englishcolour
  14. Englishcolor
  15. English todayrecolor

From re- + color.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.