The story
- Latin · derived fromCeladon
- French · borrowed fromcéladon
- English todayceladon
Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchcéladon all →
celadonite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.