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smaragdine
Feb. 20th, 2023 08:13 amsmaragdine (smuh-RAG-din) - adj., emerald-green in color; of, pertaining to, or resembling emeralds.
I'm pretty sure I've run this one before, but it's cool enough I'm gonna allow a repeat -- besides, it was years and years ago. This entered the language in the 13th century as Middle English smaragd (which is still around as a rather rare noun, meaning an emerald), from Latin smaragdīnus, from Greek smarágdinos, adjectival form of smáragdos, probably from either Sanskrit itself or a Prakrit language descended from Sanskrit marakata/maragada, frequently speculated to be from a Semitic source and so related to Akkadian barraqtu and Hebrew bāreqeth, both meaning a kind gemstone, probably emerald, from Proto-Semitic root brq. Emerald also comes from the same stem, passing the Latin through Old French e(s)meraud.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
I'm pretty sure I've run this one before, but it's cool enough I'm gonna allow a repeat -- besides, it was years and years ago. This entered the language in the 13th century as Middle English smaragd (which is still around as a rather rare noun, meaning an emerald), from Latin smaragdīnus, from Greek smarágdinos, adjectival form of smáragdos, probably from either Sanskrit itself or a Prakrit language descended from Sanskrit marakata/maragada, frequently speculated to be from a Semitic source and so related to Akkadian barraqtu and Hebrew bāreqeth, both meaning a kind gemstone, probably emerald, from Proto-Semitic root brq. Emerald also comes from the same stem, passing the Latin through Old French e(s)meraud.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
