Where does “coral” come from?
Coral comes from Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European séh₂l-.
coral (English): A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons...
Definitions
- A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons...
Ancestry of “coral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | coral | — |
| 2 | Latin | corallium | coral |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοράλλιον | coral |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἅλς | salt; brine; sea |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “coral”