kermes
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of kermes
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)Any of several insects of the genus Kermes.
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noun
- (countable)Any of several insects of the genus Kermes.
- (uncountable)A crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects.
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Etymology
PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a…
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PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a Persian word meaning “worm-colored” (compare modern Persian قرمز (qermez)), ultimately Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), possibly via borrowing from a Sanskrit formation. Related to carmine and crimson. For the semantic development, compare vermilion from Latin vermis (“worm”) and its cognates.
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