Where does “jade” come from?

Jade derives from French l'ejade, from Moksha эльде, from Latin iliata, from Latin ilia, from Latin ile, from Ancient Greek εἰλεός, from Ancient Greek εἰλέω meaning to roll or twist.

jade (English): A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite,...

Definitions

  1. A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite,...

Ancestry of “jade”, step by step

jade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French le jade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchle jade
2Frenchl'ejadejade
3Spanishpiedra de ijadaloin stone; flank stone
4Latiniliata
5Latinīlia

via Old Norse jalda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsejaldamare
2Mokshaэльдеmare
3Proto-Uralicältᴈ

Words derived from “jade

Every word from Latin īlia