myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of porpora

Etymology of the Italian word porpora

the Italian word porpora

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)

Dutch purper, English purple, French pourpre, German Purpur, Icelandic purpuri, Provençal porpra, Spanish purpura, Swedish purpur