Where does “carmine” come from?
Carmine comes from French carmin, from Latin carminium, from Arabic قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis.
carmine (English): A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained...
Definitions
- A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained...
Ancestry of “carmine”, step by step
carmine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French carmin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | carmin | carmine, crimson; cochineal, carmine; cinnabar... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | carminium | carmine |
| 3 | Arabic | قِرْمِز | crimson, kermes; kermes |
| 4 | Persian | کرمست | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृमिज | produced by worms |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कृमि | a worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kŕ̥miṣ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kŕ̥miš | worm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |