cremesyn
Middle English
Alternative forms
- crymesyn, grymsyn, crymysyn, crymsyne
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Andalusian Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kermest). Ultimately from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɛmisin/
Noun
cremesyn (uncountable)
Descendants
- English: crimson
References
- “cremesin, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.
Adjective
cremesyn
Descendants
- English: crimson
References
- “cremesin, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.
See also
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
| violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |