vitrum

Meaning

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

glass

woad

Synonyms

isatis

glastum

hyalus

Translations

Glas

vidrio

vetro

verre

vidro

glas

vidre

cristal

γυαλί

şûşe

glas

cam

cam

جام

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɪ.trũː]

Etymology

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.