Etymology

azocarmine

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Today it means: A particular class of red azo dyes Full definition →

English carmine ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  6. Frenchazote
  7. Englishazote
  8. Englishazo-
  9. Englishcarmine
  10. English todayazocarmine

From azo- + carmine.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.