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[ila]

Originally Posted by sesame

The word azo comes from Azure, meaning blue.
Where did Azure come from?

The short answer I would guess is Latin, however it will have deeper roots than that. The root word might possibly be in Sanskrit, but for some reason I'm thinking Phoenecian. I will see what I can come up with.

[ila]

Originally Posted by ila

The short answer I would guess is Latin, however it will have deeper roots than that. The root word might possibly be in Sanskrit, but for some reason I'm thinking Phoenecian. I will see what I can come up with.

I wasn't even close in the origins of azure. According to Wikipedia the word originated in Persian, was adopted into old French, and then into English.

[sesame]

Azure came from the Persian word Lazwardh meaning a deep blue mineral called Lapis Lazuli. Medieval Sanskrit has a word called Laajwant, also meaning Lapis. But I guess it's inherited from the Persian. Alexander the Great came to India in 326 BC after conquering Persia. At that time all the Brahmins spoke in Sanskrit, the general masses in Pali.


Now, speaking of Organic Chemistry, how did we get the word Chemistry?

[الدكتور العراقي]

hi

how did we get the word Chemistry?

some authors saied that it was derived from arabic from the name الكمي which mean the brave man

i think so ?

the Assassin came from hash-shashin , حشاشين in arabic , they were an insane killing-machines not only in north iran but also in a the great cities like Cairo and Demscus ( in syria ) but later on the حشاشين became more isolated non-violent organization that help weak peoples aganist the bad peoples !


many words are from arabic like

ameral _ the ship captin

which came from arabic ... امير البحر prounounced ( ameer al- bahr )


thank you all for those great info. about language

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