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Where does “smaragd” come from?

smaragd (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

Ancestry of “smaragd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsmaragdusemerald
2Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
3Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning

Words derived from “smaragd”

  • smaragd
  • smaragden
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq- →