crimson

The story

1. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*kŕ̥miš
2. Classical Persian · derived fromکرمست
3. Arabic · derived fromقِرْمِز
4. Old Spanish · derived fromcremesín
5. French · derived fromcramoisin
6. Middle English · inherited fromcremesyn
7. English todaycrimson

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

Words from the same roots