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Middle English
Noun
esmeraude
- Alternative form of emeraude
Old French
- emeraude, emiraude, enmiraude, esmeral, esmeralde, emiralde, ameraude, amiraude, esmaragde, esmaraude, esmarelde, esmeragde, meraud, meraude, miraude, meroude, merowde, merroude, smaragde, smaralde, smaraude
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.
Noun
esmeraude oblique singular, f (oblique plural esmeraudes, nominative singular esmeraude, nominative plural esmeraudes)
- emerald (color)
- emerald (precious stone)
Descendants
References
- esmeraude in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022