Jade Definition
Origin of Jade
French (le) jade (the) jade alteration of (l')ejade from Spanish (piedra de) ijada flank (stone) (from the belief that it cured renal colic) from Vulgar Latin īliāta from Latin īlia pl. of īlium flank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English cart-horse, nag perhaps akin to Swedish dialectal jälda mare possibly of Finno-Ugric origin and akin to Erzya (Finno-Ugric language of Russia) el’d’e Moksha (Finno-Ugric language of Russia) jäl’d’ä mare
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French le jade, error for earlier l'ejade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, perhaps from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), which is from Finno-Ugric, related to Mordvin al'd'a..
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From jade, taken into general use in the 1970s.
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