Purple

Morpheme

Purple

Type

free base

Denotation

color after blue, color mixture from red and blue

Etymology

Middle English purpel; Old English purpul, from purpure; Latin purpura; Ancient Greek porphýra

Evidence

purple, purpled, purpleness, purpler, purples, purplest, purpliness, purpling, purplish, purply

Notes

purpure, purpura, and purple are doublets

See Also

Purpur(e), Porphyre