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dis⋅col⋅or

[dis-kuhl-er]
–verb (used with object)
1. to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
–verb (used without object)
2. to change color; become faded or stained.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME discolouren < OF descolorer < LL discolorārī to change color, deriv. of L discolor of another color. See dis- 1 , color
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dis·col·or   (dĭs-kŭl'ər)   
v.   dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors

v.   tr.
To alter or spoil the color of; stain.
v.   intr.
To become altered or spoiled in color.

[Middle English discolouren, from Old French discolerer : des-, dis- + colourer, to color (from Latin colōrāre, from color, color; see color).]
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Word Origin & History

discolor 
c.1380, from O.Fr. discolourer, from des- "dis-" + colourer "to color," from L. colorare (see color).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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