vitrum

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

glas

ruit

wede

Synoniemen

isatis

glastum

hyalus

Vertalingen

glass

vidrio

Glas

verre

vidro

vetro

vidre

cristal

γυαλί

şûşe

cam

cam

glas

ύαλος

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈwɪ.trũː]

Etymologie (Engels)

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.