English

khaki green

From khaki + green.

A compound of khaki + green

Classical Persian خَاکِی ‘dusty, earthy, earth-colored’

English khaki

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

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Proto-Germanic *grōniz

Proto-West Germanic *grōnī

Old English grēne

Middle English grene

English green

Today it means

noun A colour between khaki and green; light olive drab.

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

Etymograph / khaki green