The story
- Latin · derived fromcorallium“coral”
- English todaycorallin
So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, from Latin corallium (“coral”).
Words from the same roots
Latincorallium all →
coral
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
corallin
Today it means: A mixture of phenolic dyestuffs consisting mostly of aurin. Full definition →
Latin corallium