Is it? Color was already spelled "colour" in the typical Middle English [1]. AFAIK the US development happened later to make all color-related words consistent

Is it? Color was already spelled "colour" in the typical Middle English [1]. AFAIK the US development happened later to make all color-related words consistent (since it was spelled "color" in Latin, and English has lots of Latin-derived words). [1] https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED8462 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dicti...