Where does “crisalidă” come from?

crisalidă (Romanian) comes from French chrysalide, from Latin chrysalis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς, from Ancient Greek χρυσός, from Ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον, from Ancient Greek ἄνθεμον — flower, rosette.

crisalidă (Romanian): chrysalis

Definitions

  1. chrysalis

Ancestry of “crisalidă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchrysalidepupa, chrysalis
2Latinchrysalis—
3Ancient Greekχρυσαλλίςchrysalis
4Ancient Greekχρυσόςgold; something dear or precious; a gold coin
5Ancient Greekχρυσάνθεμονgold-flower; immortelle; buttercup
6Ancient Greekἄνθεμονflower, rosette
Every word from Ancient Greek ἄνθεμον →Every word from Ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον →Every word from Ancient Greek χρυσός →