Where does “naphthazarin” come from?
naphthazarin (English) comes from English alizarin, from Ottoman Turkish آلیزارین, from French alizarine, from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره.
naphthazarin (English): A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from...
Definitions
- A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from...
Ancestry of “naphthazarin”, step by step
naphthazarin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alizarin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alizarin | A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آلیزارین | — |
| 3 | French | alizarine | alizarin |
| 4 | French | alizari | alizari |
| 5 | Greek | αλιζάρι | madder |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 8 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 10 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |
via English naphthalene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naphthalene | A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |