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yesterday i learned a neat etymology.
look at the word CRIMSON, especially the first 4 consonants.
this word is related to #Turkish kırmızı "red", & itself goes back (through French & Spanish) to #Arabic قرمزي qirmiziyy, which denotes the same color.
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look at the word CRIMSON, especially the first 4 consonants.
this word is related to #Turkish kırmızı "red", & itself goes back (through French & Spanish) to #Arabic قرمزي qirmiziyy, which denotes the same color.
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the Arabic قرمزي qirmiziyy is a nisba adjective in -iyy & points to the noun قرمز qirmiz.
qirmiz was itself loaned into English (as "kermes") & refers to an insect in the genus Kermes that are mushed up to produce red dye.
qirmiz was itself loaned into English (as "kermes") & refers to an insect in the genus Kermes that are mushed up to produce red dye.
the Arabic word for the bug was itself borrowed from an older #Persian word that would have looked something like *kermest, wh goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš "worm"! 
(modern Persian has قرمز qermez, but this was borrowed back from Arabic)
(modern Persian has قرمز qermez, but this was borrowed back from Arabic)
