jade

(Inglese)

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/d͡ʒeɪd/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)

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