Where does “esmeril” come from?

esmeril (Old French) comes from Italian smeriglio, from Greek σμερίλιον, from Ancient Greek σμερί, from Ancient Greek σμύρις — emery-powder, used by lapidaries.

Ancestry of “esmeril”, step by step

esmeril traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian smeriglio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansmeriglioemery; merlin; Synonym of sparviero
2Greekσμερίλιον—
3Ancient Greekσμερί—
4Ancient Greekσμύριςemery-powder, used by lapidaries

via Frankish smiril

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishsmirilfalcon, hawk
2Proto-Germanicsmirilazfalcon; merlin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mes-l-blackbird

Words derived from “esmeril”

Every word from Ancient Greek σμύρις →Every word from Ancient Greek σμερί →Every word from Greek σμερίλιον →