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The dye was so called from its resemblance to the purple markings of the petals of the mallow plant. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Mauvish</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1859">1859</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to mauve">Entries linking to <i>mauve</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of mallow" href="/word/mallow#etymonline_v_6747">mallow<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 14c., spelling alteration of late Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">malwe</span> and directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">malva</span> "mallows" (source also of Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">mauve</span>, Spanish and Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">malva</span>), a word from a Mediterranean substrate language. The same lost word apparently yielded Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">malakhe</span> "mallow."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of mauve">Trends of <i>mauve</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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[For discussion of Latin formation, see entry in OED.] Earlier form of</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of explode" href="/word/explode"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">explode<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1530s (transitive), "to reject with scorn," from Latin explodere "drive out or off by clapping, hiss off, hoot off," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject, destroy the repute of" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of weird" href="/word/weird"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">weird<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1400, "having power to control fate," from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic *wurthiz (source also of Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the th</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share mauve to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>mauve</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fmauve" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fmauve&text=mauve%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20mauve%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fmauve&title=mauve%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20mauve%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9d69a9c8b838c8a9dd484889c9f8cccdbd9ccdeaaccdbd9ac9d90848685868e90ccdbd9868fccdbd984889c9f8cccdbd98b90ccdbd98c9d908486878580878ccf888499d28b868d90d4ccdbdb84888585869eccdbdbccdbd9c1d8da8ac7c0ccdbaaccdbd98f9b8684ccdbd9a5889d8087ccdbd98488859f88ccdbd9ccdbdb84888585869eccdbdbccdbd9c19a8c8cccdbd984888585869ec0c7ccdbd9bd818cccdbd98d908cccdbd99e889accdbd99a86ccdbd98a8885858c8dccdbd98f9b8684ccdbd9809d9accacdbccd1d9cca8dfccdbd9ba8c8cccdbd9869b808e8087ccdbd988878dccdbd9848c888780878eccdbd9868fccdbd984889c9f8cc7ccd9a88f9b8684ccdbd9819d9d999accdaa8ccdbafccdbaf9e9e9ec78c9d908486878580878cc78a8684ccdbaf9e869b8dccdbaf84889c9f8cccdbd9af80878dccdbd9869c9dccdbd984869b8cccdbd9889dccdbd98c9d908486878580878cc78a8684" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/mauve</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/mauve">Etymology of mauve by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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