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The story

1. Medieval Greek · derived fromΒερενίκη“Berenice”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromvernix, veronix
3. Old French · derived fromvernis
4. Middle English · inherited fromvernisch
5. English todayvarnish

From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Medieval Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.