Where does “crimsonwing” come from?
crimsonwing (English) comes from English crimson, from Middle English cremesyn, from Middle French cremesin, from Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Sanskrit कृमिज, from Sanskrit कृमि — worm.
crimsonwing (English): Any of the birds in the genus Cryptospiza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa
Definitions
- Any of the birds in the genus Cryptospiza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ancestry of “crimsonwing”, step by step
crimsonwing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crimson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crimson | API on Wikipedia.Wikipedia; A deep, slightly... |
| 2 | Middle English | cremesyn | crimson fabric; Made of crimson cloth;... |
| 3 | Middle French | cremesin | — |
| 4 | Old Spanish | cremesin | — |
| 5 | Arabic | قِرْمِز | crimson, kermes; kermes |
| 6 | Persian | کرمست | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | कृमिज | produced by worms |
| 8 | Sanskrit | कृमि | a worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kŕ̥miṣ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kŕ̥miš | worm |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |
via English wing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wing | An appendage of an animal's body that enables it... |
| 2 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 3 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 4 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 5 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |