Violet
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Middle English: from Old French violette, diminutive of viole, from Latin viola ‘violet’.
wiktionary
From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola(“violet”).Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė(“purple, violet”)
etymonline
violet (n.)
small wild plant with purplish-blue flowers, c. 1300, from Old French violete (12c.), diminutive of viole "violet," from Latin viola "the violet, a violet color," cognate with Greek ion (see iodine), probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate Mediterranean language. The color sense (late 14c.) developed from the flower.
