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Where does “safir” come from?

safir (Old Spanish) comes from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος, from Hebrew סַפִּיר.

safir (Old Spanish): sapphire

Definitions

  1. sapphire

Ancestry of “safir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsaphir—
2Latinsapphir—
3Ancient Greekσάπφειροςsapphire
4Hebrewסַפִּיר—
Every word from Hebrew סַפִּיר →