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Where does “shagreen” come from?

shagreen (English) comes from English chagrin, from French chagrin, from Old French sagrin, from Turkish sağrı, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری, from Proto-Turkic sagrï — croup; rump; sacrum.

shagreen (English): An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally...

Definitions

  1. An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally...

Ancestry of “shagreen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchagrinDistress of mind caused by a failure of aims or...
2Frenchchagrinsorrow, grief, chagrin; despondent, woeful;...
3Old Frenchsagrin—
4Turkishsağrırump
5Ottoman Turkishصاغری—
6Proto-Turkicsagrïcroup; rump; sacrum

Words derived from “shagreen”

  • shagreened
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