Carmine

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early 18th century: from French carmin, based on Arabic qirmiz (see kermes). Compare with crimson.

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From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز‎ (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज(kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि(kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.

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carmine (n.)

1712, "pure red dyestuff obtained from cochineal," from French carmin (12c.), from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz "crimson" (see kermes, also compare crimson (n.)). 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. Related: Carminic.