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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
AMARANTH. Etymology of the word
AMARANTH.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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AMARANTH, an
everlasting flower. (L.,—Gk.)
Milton has amarant, P. L. iii. 352; and amarantine, P. L. xi. 78.
The pl. amaraunz is in Allit. Poems, ed. Morris, B. 1470; in which case it is
not from the Gk. directly, but from Lat. amarantus.—Gk. ἀμάραντος, unfading;
or, as sb., the unfading flower, amaranth. [Cf. Gk. ἀμαράντινος,
made of amaranth.]—Gk. ἀ-, privative; and
μαραίνειν, to wither.—✔MAR, to
die; cf. Skt. marámi, I die, Lat. morior. Curtius, i. 413; Fick, i.
172. Der. amaranth-ine. ¶ There seems no good reason for
the modern spelling with final -th; Milton's forms are right, and taken directly
from the Greek. From the root mar we have a great many derivatives;
such as murder, mortal, &c. See Ambrosial, and
Mar.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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