Where does “karmezina” come from?
karmezina (Ido) comes from German karmesinrot, from Spanish carmesí, from Andalusian Arabic قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Sanskrit कृमिज, from Sanskrit कृमि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš — worm.
karmezina (Ido): crimson
Ancestry of “karmezina”, step by step
Words derived from “karmezina”