Saffron

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Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za‘farān .

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From Middle English saffron, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safrānum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان‎ (zaʿfarān).

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saffron (n.)

c. 1200, from Old French safran (12c.), from Medieval Latin safranum (cognate with Italian zafferano, Spanish azafran), ultimately from Arabic az-za'faran, which is of unknown origin. As a color word and an adjective, late 14c. German Safran is from French; Russian shafran' is from Arabic.