Etymology

watercolor

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English color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  5. Old Englishwæter
  6. Middle Englishwater
  7. Englishwater
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  10. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  11. Old Latincolōs
  12. Latincolor
  13. Old Frenchcolor
  14. Anglo-Normancolur
  15. Middle Englishcolour
  16. Englishcolor
  17. English todaywatercolor

From water + color.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.