carminio

Meaning

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
car‧mì‧nio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/karˈmi.njo/
Etymology

From irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium.

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