English
alizarin
Alizarin comes from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι ‘madder’, and ultimately from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری ‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’.
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آلاجهریala cehri‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’
- Greek1453–presentαλιζάρι‘madder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalizari
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentalizarine
- Englishearliest quotation 1946alizarin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آلاجهریala cehri‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’
- Greek1453–presentαλιζάρι‘madder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalizari
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentalizarine
- Englishearliest quotation 1946alizarin
Earliest quotation: 1946, Elizabeth Bishop, Roosters: “glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues,…”
Formed from alizari + -in
Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری ‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’
Greek αλιζάρι ‘madder’
French alizari ‘madder root’
English alizari
Every English word from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری
Today it means
noun A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری / alizarin