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Where does “saphir” come from?
saphir (Old French) comes from Latin sapphir, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος, from Hebrew סַפִּיר.
Ancestry of “saphir”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
sapphir
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2
Ancient Greek
σάπφειρος
sapphire
3
Hebrew
סַפִּיר
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Words derived from “saphir”
sapphire
sapphirine
sapphired
sapphirelike
safir
saphir
サファイア
sapiro
Rupphire
sapphireberry
sapphiric
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