Etymology

tricolored

T1R1I1C3O1L1O1R1E1D2

Today it means: Having three colours; tricolor. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  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. Englishcolored
  16. English todaytricolored

From tri- + colored.

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