Where does “Opals” come from?

Opals (English) comes from English opal, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος, from Sanskrit उपल, from Sanskrit उपरि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári.

Opals (English): The women's national basketball representative team of Australia

Definitions

  1. The women's national basketball representative team of Australia

Ancestry of “Opals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopalA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but...
2Frenchopaleopal
3Latinopalusopal
4Byzantine Greekὀπάλλιοςopal
5Sanskritउपलstone; gem, stone
6Sanskritउपरिover; above; beyond
7Proto-Indo-Aryanupári
8Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér
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