dye
Meaning
Synonyms
seep through
blue dye
discolorise
discolorize
discolourise
remain imprinted
tinction
Translations
teindre
färben
teñir
tingere
βαφή
tingirFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daɪ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“colour, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.
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