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- Latin · derived fromsapphirus“sapphire”
- Italian · derived fromzaffera
- English todayzaffre
From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”). Doublet of sapphire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zaffre
Today it means: Cobalt oxide obtained by roasting cobalt ore, used as a blue pigment. Full definition →
Italian zaffera ← Latin sapphirus