Where does “alizarina” come from?
alizarina (Italian) comes from French alizarine, from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩, from Old Persian *čiθrakah.
alizarina (Italian): alizarin
Definitions
- alizarin
Ancestry of “alizarina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alizarine | alizarin |
| 2 | French | alizari | alizari |
| 3 | Greek | αλιζάρι | madder |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 6 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 8 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |