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colorate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colorate From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. To apply color to something; to make colorful.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
colorating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
colorates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
colorated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
colorated	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

decolorate · concolorate

colorate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkʌləɹət/

Etymology

From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Colored.
   • had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more colorate	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most colorate	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

decolorate · concolorate