English

Tricolor

From tri- + color.

Formed from tri- + color

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Latin color ‘color’

Old French colour ‘colour’

Anglo-Norman colur

Middle English colour ‘colour’

English color

Today it means

name the French flag

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tricolor