Emerald Definition
- precious-stone
- valuable gem
- rare green beryl
Other Word Forms of Emerald
Noun
Origin of Emerald
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From Middle English emeraude, from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *esmaralda, *esmaraldus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos), μάραγδος (maragdos), from Semitic root b-r-q “to shoot lightning, to flash in darkness”, compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bareket) “emerald, flashing gem”, Akkadian [script?] (barruktu), Arabic buraq “lightning”. [Arabic?] Sanskrit मरकत (marakata) from a Semitic language. Persian زمرد (zomorrod) (whence Turkish zümrüt, whence Russian изумруд (izumrud) from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English emeraude from Old French from Medieval Latin esmeralda, esmeraldus from Latin smaragdus from Greek smaragdos Sanskrit marakatam probably of Semitic origin Akkadian barraqtu Hebrew bāreqet a kind of gemstone (probably emerald) brq in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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