Where does “Esmeralda” come from?

Esmeralda comes from Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, from Old French esmeralde, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος.

Ancestry of “Esmeralda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishesmeraldaemerald
2Old Spanishesmeraldaemerald
3Old Frenchesmeraldeemerald
4Vulgar Latinsmaralda
5Latinsmaragdusemerald
6Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
7Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning

Words derived from “Esmeralda

Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq-Every word from Ancient Greek σμάραγδοςEvery word from Latin smaragdus
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