Where does “jacinth” come from?

jacinth (English) comes from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, from Latin Hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek Ὑάκινθος — Hyacinthus.

jacinth (English): A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a...

Definitions

  1. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a...

Ancestry of “jacinth”, step by step

jacinth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French jacincte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjacincte—
2Medieval Latinjacintus—
3LatinHyacinthusiris (plant)
4Ancient GreekὙάκινθοςHyacinthus

via Old English iacinþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishiacinþhyacinth gemstone
Every word from Ancient Greek Ὑάκινθος →Every word from Latin Hyacinthus →Every word from Medieval Latin jacintus →