Greek, 'ioeides' - 'purple coloured'.
"Iodine" comes from the Greek word "iodes," which means violet or purple. This is because iodine crystals have a purple color.
The Greek word phoínios means "purple" - after the purple dye from a shellfish which the Phoenicians traded.
The name comes from the Greek word for the shellfish which produces the purple dye for which they were famous.
The word "purple" comes from the Old English word "purpul," which originated from the Latin word "purpura," and ultimately from the Greek word "porphura." The color was historically associated with royalty and nobility due to the expensive and rare dye used to create it.
The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word purpul which derives from the Latin purpura, in turn from the Greek word porphura, the name of a purple dye manufactured in classical antiquity from a mucus secreted by a snail.
The Phoenicians made purple dye from them, and the name Phoenicia comes from the Greek word for the colour.
idoes in greek means purple
Porphyro is Greek for purple, therefore Porphyrophobia is the fear of the color purple.
The word "purple" in Hawaiian is "papalina."
Phoenicia derives from the ancient Greek word phoínios meaning "purple" - the colour of its popular dye made from sea snails.
It means "violet". It comes from the Greek "Iolanthe", which literally means "purple flower", and is the word for all flowers in the violet genus.