sapphire

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσάπφειρος“precious stone, gem”
2. Latin · derived fromsapphir
3. Old French · derived fromsaphir
4. Middle English · inherited fromsaphir
5. English todaysapphire

From Middle English saphir, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”), from a Semitic language such as Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappī́r, “lapis lazuli”), originally from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”).