The story
- Latin · derived fromauripigmentum“orpiment”
- Old French · derived fromorpiment
- Old French · derived fromorpin
- English todayorpine
From Old French orpin, Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.