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Where did the word 'iodine' come from?
Greek, 'ioeides' - 'purple coloured'.
How did iodine get its name?
It got it's name, the Greek word iodes meaning purple because it turns purple when it gets hot or is being boiled.
What does Phoenicians mean?
The Greek word phoínios means "purple" - after the purple dye from a shellfish which the Phoenicians traded.
What does Phoenician mean in Greek?
The name comes from the Greek word for the shellfish which produces the purple dye for which they were famous.
Why is the purple color called purple?
It comes from the Latin word purpura that was initially used to describe a purple dye, or the species of shellfish from which it was made ....and the Latin word came from the Greek word, porphyra, which denoted the shellfish from which (the very expensive) purple dye was made.
How did they name the color purple?
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.
What is the etymology of the color purple?
The word "purple" comes from the Old English word "purpul," which originated from the Latin word "purpura," and ultimately from the Greek word "porphura." These words were used to describe the dye extracted from a type of sea snail, which was used to create the color purple in ancient times.
What was true of Phoenician snails?
The Phoenicians made purple dye from them, and the name Phoenicia comes from the Greek word for the colour.
What does iodes mean in greek?
idoes in greek means purple
Where did Porphyrophobia originate from?
Porphyro is Greek for purple, therefore Porphyrophobia is the fear of the color purple.
What is the word purple in Hawaiian?
The word "purple" in Hawaiian is "papalina."
What is the German word for purple?
Purpur = purple
