English
citrine
Citrine comes from Middle French citrine.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600citrine
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘citron’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1398same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600citrine
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘citron’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1398same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1398, quoted in Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, Middle English Dictionary: “dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow…”
Every English word from Middle French citrine
Today it means
noun A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French citrine / citrine