Where does “alizarin” come from?
alizarin (English) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلیزارین, from French alizarine, from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩.
alizarin (English): A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone,...
Definitions
- A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone,...
Ancestry of “alizarin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آلیزارین | — |
| 2 | French | alizarine | alizarin |
| 3 | French | alizari | alizari |
| 4 | Greek | αλιζάρι | madder |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 7 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 9 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |