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korallion
Greek · ancient
"coral"
the hard skeletal substance formed by marine polyps
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corallium
Latin · ancient
"coral"
carried into Latin for the same marine substance
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coral
Old French · medieval
"coral, and its pinkish color"
carried into French for the reef-building substance and its pinkish color
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coral
English · 1300s
"a hard marine substance, or its pinkish-orange color"
settled as the English word for the marine substance and its color
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