The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμάργαρον“pearl”
- French · derived frommargarique
- English todaymargaric
From French margarique (in acide margarique), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμάργαρον all →
margarinemargarodite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.