kermes

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PIE word *kwŕ̥mis First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a Persian word meaning “worm-colored” (compare modern Persian قرمز (qermez)), ultimately Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), possibly via borrowing from a Sanskrit formation. Related to carmine and crimson. For the semantic development, compare vermilion from Latin vermis (“worm”) and its cognates.

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ancient Greek: κόκκος (kókkos) — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Hindi: किरिमदाना (kirimdānā) — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ (qirmiz) — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Hindi: किरमिजी (kirmijī) — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Polish: alkiermes — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Spanish: quermes — the insect or the dye — see also carmine
• Turkish: kırmız — the insect or the dye — see also carmine