Etymology

topaz

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Today it means: A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. Full definition →

Old French topace ← Ancient Greek τόπαζος
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topaz · noun, adjective1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόπαζος
  2. Old French · derived fromtopace
  3. English todaytopaz

From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

topaz · noun2

Various theories. Hobson-Jobson mentions as possibilities a corruption of Persian (from Turkish) top-chi, "gunner", or a connection with topee, from the hats they wore.

Topaz · proper noun3

From the precious stone topaz.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτόπαζος all →

topazolite

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