myEtymology.com: English etymology of empurple

Etymology of the English word empurple

the English word empurple

using the English prefix em-

derived from the English word purple

derived from the Latin word purpura (purple color, purple; purple dye)

derived from the Byzantine Greek word porphura, πορφύρα (the 'purple' mussel; the red-blue color itself, and finally a garment dyed with it)