Where does “crimsony” come from?
crimsony (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.
crimsony (English): Somewhat crimson in colour
Definitions
- Somewhat crimson in colour
Ancestry of “crimsony”, step by step
crimsony 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 Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |