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marrone
Italian · 1500s
"a chestnut"
the chestnut, describing the deep brownish-red color of its shell
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marron
French · 1600s
"a deep brownish-red color"
carried into French for the color of the roasted chestnut
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maroon
English · 1590s
"a dark brownish-red color"
settled as the English word for the dark brownish-red color
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