The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑακίνθινος
- Latin · derived fromhyacinthinus
- English todayhyacinthine
From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.
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