Etymograph

English

jargoon

Jargoon comes from French jargon ‘jargoon, a zircon type’, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam ‘gold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam.

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam‘gold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*jr̥Hanyam‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEzlgwn'
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentزَرْقُونzarqūn‘zircon, a red gemstone’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentgiargone‘a kind of colourless/colorless zircon, perfectly transparent’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjargon‘jargoon, a zircon type’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2011jargoon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam‘gold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*jr̥Hanyam‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEzlgwn'
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentزَرْقُونzarqūn‘zircon, a red gemstone’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentgiargone‘a kind of colourless/colorless zircon, perfectly transparent’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjargon‘jargoon, a zircon type’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2011jargoon

Earliest quotation: 2011, Tony Broadbent: “[…] he would sigh and gently lay it aside…”

Linked words

through Arabic زَرْقُون ‘zircon, a red gemstone’

zircon

Today it means

noun A variety of zircon.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam / jargoon

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