Meaning

noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

verb turn yellow

adjective of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

originFrom Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Scots yella (“yellow”), North Frisian gööl, güül (“yellow”), Saterland Frisian jeel (“yellow”), West Frisian giel (“yellow”), Cimbrian gel, ghéel (“yellow”),…

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