Where does “anilina” come from?

anilina (Tagalog) comes from Spanish anilina, from French aniline, from German Anilin, from Portuguese anil, from Arabic نِيل, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 — to lead.

anilina (Tagalog): aniline

Definitions

  1. aniline

Ancestry of “anilina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishanilinaaniline; colouring, dye
2Frenchanilineaniline
3GermanAnilinaniline
4Portugueseanilindigo
5Arabicنِيلindigo
6Persianنیلindigo
7Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
8Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
9Sanskritनीलof a dark color
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नील →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 →