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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμάραντος“unfading”
- English todayamaranthine
Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμάραντος all →
amaranth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.