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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	esmeralda	emerald
2	Old Spanish	esmeralda	emerald
3	Old French	esmeralde	emerald
4	Vulgar Latin	smaralda	—
5	Latin	smaragdus	emerald
6	Ancient Greek	σμάραγδος	emerald
7	Proto-Semitic	bariq-	lightning

Words derived from “Esmeralda”

Esmerelda

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