vitrum

Signification (Anglais)

1. (declension-2, neuter) glass
2. (declension-2, neuter) dyer's woad, a plant used for dying blue (Isatis tinctoria)
3. (declension-2, neuter) woad, a blue dye used by the Britons made from that plant

Concepts

verre

vitre

guède

Synonymes

isatis

glastum

hyalus

Traductions

glass

Glas

vidrio

vetro

glas

vidro

vidre

cristal

γυαλί

şûşe

glas

cam

cam

جام

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈwɪ.trũː]

Étymologie (Anglais)

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (literally “water-like”), from the root *wed- (“water”). Or, from a substrate source in common with Proto-Germanic *waizdaz and Ancient Greek ἰσάτις (isátis, “woad”).
For the semantic development compare Persian آبگینه (âbgina, “glass”). The plant and its dye were named after the color of glass in antiquity.