The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχαλκηδών
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχαλκηδόνιος
- Latin · borrowed fromchalcēdōnius
- English todaychalcedony
Borrowed from Latin chalcēdōnius, from Ancient Greek χαλκηδόνιος (khalkēdónios), from Ancient Greek χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn), cognate to Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχαλκηδών all →
Chalcedon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.