esmeraude

Middle English

Noun

esmeraude

Alternative form of emeraude

Old French

Alternative forms

emeraude, emiraude, enmiraude, esmeral, esmeralde, emiralde, ameraude, amiraude, esmaragde, esmaraude, esmarelde, esmeragde, meraud, meraude, miraude, meroude, merowde, merroude, smaragde, smaralde, smaraude

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.

Noun

esmeraude f (oblique plural esmeraudes, nominative singular esmeraude, nominative plural esmeraudes)

emerald (color)
emerald (precious stone)

Descendants

French: émeraude
→ Middle English: emeraude
- English: emerald

References

esmeraude in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

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