esmeraude

Middle English

Noun

esmeraude

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

1. emerald (color)
2. emerald (precious stone)

Descendants

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

References

• esmeraude in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022