Discolor
/dɪsˈkʌlər/noun
To lose or change color, or to make something less bright or vivid.
Did you know?Discolor comes from Latin dis- (“apart, away”) + color (“color”), so the word originally described color being stripped away or altered rather than just “looking bad.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to cover, conceal, or hide”
Latin
Latin
color
“color, hue, appearance”
Latin
Latin
discolor
“of different color, unlike in color; later, to change color”
Old French
OF
discolorer
“to alter in color, fade”
Middle English
English
discoloren
“to change or lose color”
Modern English
English
discolor
“to lose or change color”