Etymograph

English

almandine

Almandine comes from Latin alabandina, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀλάβανδα.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈλάβανδα
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlabanda
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalabandina
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2004almandine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἈλάβανδα
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAlabanda
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalabandina
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2004almandine

Earliest quotation: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth: “Almandine, the variety found here, is stable at temperatures…”

The story

An alteration of the earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἀλάβανδα

Today it means

noun A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἀλάβανδα / almandine

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