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Where does “zircon” come from?

zircon (Romanian) comes from French zircon, from Arabic زَرْقُون, from Pahlavi zlgwn', from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

zircon (Romanian): zircon

Definitions

  1. zircon

Ancestry of “zircon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzirconzircon
2Arabicزَرْقُونzircon; minium
3Pahlavizlgwn'—
4Proto-Iranianjr̥Hanyamgold
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰr̥Hanyamgold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃enyom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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