Where does “Jade” come from?

Jade comes from English yaud, from French l'ejade, from Moksha эльде, from Latin iliata, from Latin ilia, from Latin ile, from Ancient Greek εἰλεός.

Jade (English): A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines

Definitions

  1. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines

Ancestry of “Jade”, step by step

Jade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French jade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjadejade
2Frenchejadejade
3SpanishijadaSynonym of ijar, side; flank; pain felt in the...
4Latiniliata
5Latinīlia

via Old Norse jalda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejaldamare
2Mokshaэльдеmare
3Proto-Uralicältᴈ

Words derived from “Jade

Every word from Latin īlia