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Aquamarine

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a pale blue-green precious stone, a variety of beryl
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Stage 1 of 2
aqua marina
Latin · ancient
"sea water"
sea water, from aqua (water) and marinus (of the sea)
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aquamarine
English · 1590s
"a pale blue-green gemstone"
settled as the English word for the pale blue-green gemstone resembling sea water
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