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turquoise

Turquoise is simply 'the Turkish stone': mined near Nishapur in Persia, it reached Europe through Turkish lands, and French named it after the Turks; Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch took the name with the gem, and English passed it on to Japanese.

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The road to English

From Old Turkic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Medieval Latin to Italian

From Old French to French

From Old French to Middle High German, German

From Old French to Spanish, Mexican Spanish

From Old French to Portuguese

From Old French to Dutch

From English to American English

From English to Japanese

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Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

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