Maroon
Etymology
Etymology
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[alt\=A bunch of chestnuts. Maroon is derived from marron, French for chestnut.\|thumb\|The word "maroon" derives from the French , meaning chestnut.](/wiki/File:Chestnut02.jpg "Chestnut02.jpg")

*Maroon* is [French](/wiki/French_language "French language")  ("[chestnut](/wiki/Chestnut "Chestnut")"), itself from the [Italian](/wiki/Italian_language "Italian language")  that means both [chestnut](/wiki/Chestnut "Chestnut") and [brown](/wiki/Brown "Brown") (but the color maroon in Italian is  and in French is ), from the medieval Greek .Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th Edition (1973\).

The first recorded use of *maroon* as a color name in English was in 1789\.Maerz and Paul. *A Dictionary of Color*. New York: McGraw\-Hill, 1930, Page 198; Color Sample of Maroon: Page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L7


Can you explain how the medieval Greek term relates to modern English vocabulary?