myEtymology.com: English etymology of purpleheart

Etymology of the English word purpleheart

the English word purpleheart

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)

derived from the English word heart

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kerd-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khertan-