carmine的词源

英文词源

carmine

carmine: see crimson

carmine (n.)

1712, originally of the dyestuff, from French carmin (12c.), from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz "crimson" (see kermes). Form influenced in Latin by minium "red lead, cinnabar," a word said to be of Iberian origin. As an adjective from 1737; as a color name from 1799.

中文词源

carmine：深红色

来自PIE *kwrmi, 虫。原指古代用来提炼深红色染料的胭脂虫，词源同worm, crimson, kermes.

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