'aubergine' originates from French, specifically the word 'aubergine', where the prefix 'al-' (from Arabic) meant 'the' and 'bāḏinjān' meant 'eggplant'.

'aubergine' changed from French 'aubergine' (from Arabic 'al-bāḏinjān' and earlier Persian 'bādingān') and eventually became the modern English word 'aubergine', later extended to describe the associated color.

Initially, it meant 'the vegetable eggplant,' but over time it also developed the current meaning of 'a dark purple (eggplant) color.'