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aquamarine

noun
/ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/UK/ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Latin aqua marīnader. English aquamarine From Latin aqua marīna (“sea water”), adjective form from mare (“sea”).

  1. derived from aqua marīna

Definitions

  1. The bluish-green colour of the sea.

  2. A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl.

  3. Of a bluish-green colour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aquamarine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA