Where does “Esmerelda” come from?
Esmerelda (English) comes from English Esmeralda, from Spanish esmeralda, from Old Spanish esmeralda, from Old French esmeralde, from Vulgar Latin smaralda, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.
Ancestry of “Esmerelda”, step by step