Where does “alizarine” come from?
alizarine (English) comes from English alizarin, from Ottoman Turkish آلیزارین, from French alizarine, from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره.
alizarine (English): Alternative form of alizarin
Definitions
- Alternative form of alizarin
Ancestry of “alizarine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | alizarin | A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آلیزارین | — |
| 3 | French | alizarine | alizarin |
| 4 | French | alizari | alizari |
| 5 | Greek | αλιζάρι | madder |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 8 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 10 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |