Where does “sapiro” come from?

sapiro (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish zafiro, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος, from Hebrew סַפִּיר.

sapiro (Bikol Central): sapphire

Definitions

  1. sapphire

Ancestry of “sapiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishzafirosapphire
2Latinsapphīrusa blue gem from the east, probably the lapis lazuli
3Ancient Greekσάπφειροςsapphire
4Hebrewסַפִּיר—
Every word from Hebrew סַפִּיר →Every word from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος →Every word from Latin sapphīrus →