Where does “smaragd” come from?

smaragd (Czech) comes from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

smaragd (Czech): emerald

Definitions

  1. emerald

Ancestry of “smaragd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsmaragdusemerald
2Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
3Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq- →
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