English
hemachate
Hemachate comes from Latin haemachātēs ‘blood agate, hemachate’, and goes back to Ancient Greek *αἱμᾰχᾱ́της.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCE*αἱμᾰχᾱ́της*haimăkhā́tēsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaemachātēs‘blood agate, hemachate’
- Englishtodayhemachate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCE*αἱμᾰχᾱ́της*haimăkhā́tēsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaemachātēs‘blood agate, hemachate’
- Englishtodayhemachate
A compound of αἷμᾰ ‘blood’ + ᾰ̓χᾱ́της ‘agate’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂y-
Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ ‘blood’
Every English word from Ancient Greek *αἱμᾰχᾱ́της
Today it means
noun A variety of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek *αἱμᾰχᾱ́της / hemachate