Assertion: latin purpura | /r/CapableOf | derive in turn
Facets:
value: from the greek
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The modern English word purple comes from the Old English purpul, which derives from Latin purpura, which, in turn, derives from the Greek πορφύρα (porphura), the name of the Tyrian purple dye manufactured in classical antiquity from a mucus secreted by the spiny dye-murex snail.