| 【color】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "color," and "colos." It carries the basic meaning of "color." from PIE *kel- "⑴to cover, conceal, save" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "color"]
color ***[2095] a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray
colour ****[546] The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
coloured **[4287] having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral
[WORD ROOT]root color
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] color, colour
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) color, colos
[MEANING]root color
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 color [from Old Latin colos] color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance
- 【Latin】 colos a covering
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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color ★★★[2095] noun from color
【DEFINITION】 ① a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects
② the aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation (see SATURATION sense 4) for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources
③ a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray
【pl.】 colors
【ROOTs】 color; color
【Etymology】 《Latin color》 [from Old Latin colos] color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance
【DERIVATIVEs】 color, colorfully, colorfulness, colorful
colour ★★★★[546] noun from color
【DEFINITION】 The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
【pl.】 colours
【ROOTs】 colour(color); color
【Etymology】 《Latin color》 [from Old Latin colos] color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance
【First Known Meaning】 skin color, complexion
coloured ★★[4287] adjective from color
【DEFINITION】 ① having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral
② (also Coloured)
③ (also Coloured) used as an ethnic label for people of mixed racial or ethnic origin
【COMPOSITION】 colour + ed
【ROOTs】 ⑴ colour(color); color ⑵ ed; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin color》 [from Old Latin colos] color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance
Other words containing "color"; bicolor, Colorado, coloration, coloratura, colorful, colourful, colourfully, colourfulness, colouring, colourless, colourlessly, colourlessness, concolorous, decolor, discolor, discoloration, encolor, multicolor, quadricolor, recolor, tricolor, unicolor, versicolor
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
cohort
cogn-, cognit-
cock
coc
clude-
cloth
cline, clin-
clar-, clari
clam-
civ-, civil-, cit-
