The story
- Sinhalese · derived fromතෝරමල්ලී“carnelian”
- French · borrowed fromtourmaline
- English todaytourmaline
From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tourmaline
Today it means: A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone. Full definition →
French tourmaline ← Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී